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You can customize the display of the Control Panel applets. With this setting you can disable the ability to change password using “Passwords” system icon in the current applets group.
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Hide Change Password Page from System Properties in control panel.reg
The '.reg' file can disable the ability to change password.
Show the Change Password Page from System Properties in control panel (Default).reg
The '.reg' file can enable the ability to change password.
Registry Entry Details:
Steps ScreenShots:
Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.
'Change Passwords' option is hidden from 'Password Properties' in 'Control Panel'.
'Change Passwords' option is visible by default in 'Password Properties' in the 'Control Panel'.
First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\] and create a new key as "System".
Create a new 'DWORD value' as "NoPwdPage".
Right Click on "NoPwdPage" and select 'Modify'.
Finally, set the value data as "1" and click 'OK'. Once you are done follow the same steps at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry path.
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Category : Display > Control Panel
You can customize the display of the Control Panel applets. With this setting you can disable the access to the “Users” system icon from the current applets group.
Disable access to the “Users” system icon (For All Users in Win 98/Me).
Disable the ability to change password (For Current User).
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With this setting you can prevent changes to the default virtual memory settings using the “Display” system icon in Control Panel.
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