6. Then click on “Users” and then right click on the account you want to force the password change on the right hand side (In this case “CDW”).
7. Uncheck the “Password Never Expires” Box.
8. Check the “User must change password at Next Logon” and click “OK”
9. Exit the Computer Management Console.
Please Note: The next part of this article will simulate the end user remotely accessing the home server remotely either locally (http://MYSERVERNAME) or abroad (https://xxxxxx.homeserver.com).
10. Open your Web Browser of choice and have the End User enter your home servers URL address (As shown above). Click on the “Log On” Radio Button on the right hand of your Web Browser located under the “Windows Home Server” banner as pictured below.
11. Now have the end user enter the name of the account and the initial password that was assigned to them into the Windows Home Server Credential Box and then click on the “Log On” Radio Box.
12. If the end user entered the correct account and initial password you should be greeted with box below. Re-enter the initial password originally given in the second box below the account name and then enter the new password in the subsequent boxes below. Then Click the “Log On” Radio Button and Login.
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13. The End User should now be greeted with your home server’s main menu page. Once the end user has completed their business then click on the “Log Off” Radio Button located on the top right corner.
14. Once you have logged off (as pictured below) close your Web Browser.
When should I use Force changing of the initial password for a newly created Windows Home Server Account?
The only time you really should have to use this method is if the End User (This can be Family Member or Business Associate) can only access the home server Remotely from its location (I.E. Different City, State, Country etc…). However, you can still employ this method locally if the intended end user is not readily available, at home; work or if you just want the end user to choose their own password instead. The Choice of course is yours.
Acknowledgment’s – I want to thank again MysticGeek from HowtoGeek.com for the excellent how to guide on making accounts on Windows Home Server.
Nice article, thanks for the WHS revisit.
I’m assuming you can take this one step further by increasing the password complexity ?
I had orginally was going to make one huge article on account policies to include passowrd complexicty, auditing, how many times you enter the password wrong etc… but thought it would be easier for people to read it in parts and not one big huge article. ALso WHSV1 is still a great OS and has some benifits that WHS2011, especially in backing up Windows Server Clients.
Once again great article right at the heart of WHS…Security. With the basics of this article it wasn’t difficult to zero in on the procedure for WHS2011. Keep em’ coming ITBeast
Like I said in the article the steps are not that different for WHS 2011 and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials but I want the novice reader to read my upcomming article that specifically covers the differences in those 2 OS’S.
Nice to know I have you as such a devoted fan Mikmock, thanks for sticking by me.