{"id":535,"date":"2013-04-09T18:53:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=535"},"modified":"2014-01-27T10:38:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T09:38:35","slug":"windows-disable-machine-account-password-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/windows-disable-machine-account-password-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows: Disable machine account password change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_535 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_535')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_535').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"Windows%3A%20Disable%20machine%20account%20password%20change\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Afor%20test%20purposes%20it%20could%20be%20necessary%20to%20backup%20a%20computer%20by%20an%20image%20tool%2C%20i.e.%20Acronis%20TrueImage%2C%20and%20after%20the%20test%20is%20completed%20or%20in%20situations%20of%20a%20failure%20reset%20the%20computer%20back%20to%20it%27s%20initial%20state%20by%20restoring%20the%20image.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn%20domain%20environments%20this%20could%20be%20a%20problem%2C%20because%20each%20computer%20which%20is%20member%20of%20a%20Windows%20Active%20Directory%20Domain%20is%20negotiating%20a%20password%20wi%20...\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. 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If your Image is older the domain member ship is broken and you have to rejoin.<\/p>\n<p>The password change is initiated by the client and\u00a0 this behaviour could be prevented by setting a registry value. Set this value, make an image afterwards and you will be able to restore the image as often you want or need without to leave the domain.<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\nWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00<\/code><br \/>\n<code><br \/>\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\services\\Netlogon\\Parameters]<\/code><br \/>\n<code><br \/>\n\"DisablePasswordChange\"=dword:00000001<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Set it by command line<br \/>\n<code>reg ADD HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\services\\Netlogon\\Parameters \/v DisablePasswordChange \/t REG_DWORD \/d 1 \/f<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Have a nice day<\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, for test purposes it could be necessary to backup a computer by an image tool, i.e. Acronis TrueImage, and after the test is completed or in situations of a failure reset the computer back to it&#8217;s initial state by restoring the image. In domain environments this could be a problem, because each computer which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/windows-disable-machine-account-password-change\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Windows: Disable machine account password change<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[121,122,124,123,120,92,20],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windowsknowhow","tag-account","tag-change","tag-domainmembership","tag-image","tag-machine","tag-password","tag-windows-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1644,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}