Not sure what the numbers are on those you wish to have password change verses those no password change. We flagged which users we didn't want password change (ADUC - password never expires), then created and applied a password GPO. Jeff.
________________________________ From: Brown, Ken F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 1:17 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: GPO for Resetting Passwords Troy- Pieces of what you want to do can be done natively, other pieces cannot. Native: You can go through in a given OU and mark accounts for password change at next login (either via ADU&C or via a script). But not done via GPO. Non native: You'll need a 3rd-party tool installed on ALL your DC's. It basically replaces Microsoft's (I forget the exact term) PASSFILT or GINA (hooks into the LSASS process). Google should return the vendors who can provide this software. Will provide many more options than MIcrosoft's complex password scheme, very granular if you want to go that route. We had looked at one of the vendor's tools (when we implemented complex passwords years ago) - but in our case, it was very expensive (did I say installed onto EVERY domain controller - we have hundreds!). If you have only a couple of DC's, then it may not be that big a deal (a few hundred dollars per DC). Good luck! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 1:59 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: GPO for Resetting Passwords I would like to force a group (in an OU of Active Directory) of users to key a new password when they logon. Along with that, they cannot use the previous password. Can that be done through a GPO? Thanks... Troy Troy Adkins Network Administrator Virginia House of Delegates 804.698.1567 (O) 804.771.7917 (F) ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
