How to Prevent or Allow users to change account Password in Windows Vista?

Windows Vista gives you freedom to control which users are allowed to change their account password.

Note: You must be logged in as an Administrator to accomplish this.

To accomplish this in the follow these steps:

1) Open Start Menu and type lusrmgr.msc in the search box and press Enter key



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2) In the Local Users and Groups window double click the desired user name in the middle pane



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3) Now check the User cannot change password option to prevent user from changing account password.

OR

Uncheck the User cannot change password option to allow users to change account password



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4) Click Apply and then OK button