Really Windows 10, user passwords expire procedure

[trevm999]

I have some users that couldn't figure it out with Windows 7 that they needed to create a new password in order to log in with a password expire. Now with Windows 10, when you try to log in, it doesn't even allow you to create a new password right there, if gives you a message that your password has expired and then tells you that you need to click on switch users and log in again before you can change your password. At which point you can press OK, and then it goes back to asking for the password for your user account. This seems to create an infinite user loop where they try to log in, read only the first line of the message, press OK, then try to log in again, and repeat, always missing the step to click on switch users.

 

[trevm999]

Forcing Windows users to pass a simple intelligence test before they're allowed to log on sounds like a very good idea to me.

If we can apply the same rules to the Internet as a whole then everyone wins.

I'm afraid that might weed out the majority of our workforce

 

[Altster]

Personally, I don't see a need for a password-protected login -- other than for network shares. So as of right now I / we do NOT create an account with needed login credentials.

Most people I know prefer it that way. I know I do.

 

[Moltuae]

Now with Windows 10, when you try to log in, it doesn't even allow you to create a new password right there, if gives you a message that your password has expired and then tells you that you need to click on switch users and log in again before you can change your password. At which point you can press OK, and then it goes back to asking for the password for your user account. This seems to create an infinite user loop where they try to log in, read only the first line of the message, press OK, then try to log in again, and repeat, always missing the step to click on switch users.

If I understand correctly what you're referring to, I had the same thing happen when forcing a password change on domain-joined Win10 workstations recently. It seems to be a bug, not a feature. I found that after rebooting the workstations it works as expected.

 

[glricht]

Personally, I don't see a need for a password-protected login -- other than for network shares. So as of right now I / we do NOT create an account with needed login credentials.

Most people I know prefer it that way. I know I do.

If the user is residential and there's only one person is in the house (or two if husband and wife), then I'm also fine with no password.

But for families with kids, multiple people using the PC, or any situation where an ID is using protected/confidential data, then I strongly recommend using a password. And for SMB customers, having a password-protected login on all PCs is also strongly recommended.

p.s. for workgroups (peer-to-peer), you don't need a password-protected login to do network shares. Nice to have, but not required.

 

[trevm999]

If I understand correctly what you're referring to, I had the same thing happen when forcing a password change on domain-joined Win10 workstations recently. It seems to be a bug, not a feature. I found that after rebooting the workstations it works as expected.

Rebooting the computer does the same thing as switching users, just slower. I wonder if it is bug they actually plan to fix or if they are planning to stick with the workaround of trying to tell people to click switch users.