Computers open
to general or specified public for use; usually have a common and shared
username. In most of the cases, this username is also protected by a password. A
user may try, and succeed in changing the password, and you cannot even
identify that user due to a high number of attendants on a same PC. To avoid
the troublesomeness resulting from it, prevent these users to change the
concerned PIN.
This document
entails the procedures to restrict general users from changing passwords for
login usernames. And all this is done through Microsoft Windows Registry
database. There are certain known keys to modify, by which, no one would be
allowed to alter the passwords, except the user with administrative rights. Moreover,
excessive users would result in excessive waste in Windows Registry. You are
advised to use free registry optimizer to keep registry clean to evade
losses.
Implement the
below stated complete process, to accomplish what is discussed and desired in
the above context.
·
Point your cursor on the top right corner of the
screen to view Charms bar
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In the Charms bar, click on the Search icon
·
Type ‘regedit’,
select Apps beneath the Search box,
and open Registry Editor from the
results
·
Windows 7 users, simply press Windows key, type regedit, and hit Enter
to open Registry Editor
·
In the left panel of registry editor, navigate
thru HKEY_CURRENT_USER to reach
following key
·
Software
\ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System
·
If the System key does not appear under
Policies, right click Policies to create a New
Key
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Name this key as System
·
Stay on the System
key, right click in the right panel, and choose New to create a DWORD Value
·
Right click this newly created value, select Rename, and name it as DisableChangePassword
·
Double click this registry entry to Modify
·
Activate
this value, by replacing 0 by 1 in the text field next to Value data
·
Click OK
to save your settings
·
Exit
Registry Editor
·
Log off
your account
Log back in
with that specific username, providing the set password, and try to change the
password through User Account Settings in Control Panel. You will find out that
it would not allow you to do so.
