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14/12/1999 10:55:49
 
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>>Also, have any of you had any troubles migrating that password change to the desktop? I have had this trouble in the past and wondered if there's an easy way around it.
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>Not sure what you mean by this.

Hi Evan,

I inherited a homogenous mix of computers and OS's when I started here a while back. W95, Wp5A, W95B, W98, etc. The password behavior on all of these is slightly different. On some when you change the NT password the local Windows password DOES NOT CHANGE. The user ends up having two passwords, one for NT and one for their local security. It stinks.

About the only way I've found to deal with this is to keep the local password empty. Then it never changes.

The bigger problem is the end user. Currently I have a password minimum length of five (5) characters. It is NOT what I want but to 'up' that length would lead to a revolt and you'd be reading about my former life on some web news site. *g*

IOW, human nature is my biggest problem.

My hope is that at some point there will be enough $$ to upgrade and migrate everyone to NT Workstation. Better yet would be W2K workstation (or whatever the new name is).

So, I'm waiting. I see no reason yet to change as I want to change everyone to W2K.
Best,


DD

A man is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose.
Everything I don't understand must be easy!
The difficulty of any task is measured by the capacity of the agent performing the work.
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