How to Enable or Disable Windows 7 Password History Enforcement

This tutorial will help you to enable or disable windows 7 password history enforcement. There are two methods which are as follows

Method 1

Step 1

Type Local Security Policy in start search menu & press enter.

Step 2

Local Security Policy editor will appear. In the left pane, expand tress Account Policies -> Password Policy. In right pane, click and select Enforce password history option.

Step 3

Enter 0 to disable password history for all users.

Step 4

This setting determines the number of unique new passwords that have to be associated with a user account before an old password can be reused. The value must be between 0 and 24 passwords. Enter passwords between 0 and 24 to enforce password history for all users then click on OK.

Step 5

Close the Local Security Policy editor.

NOTE: This option is for the Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions. By default: 24 on domain controllers, 0 on stand-alone servers. Member computers follow the configuration of their domain controllers.

Method 2

Step 1

Type cmd in Start search box

Step 2

Type net accounts and press enter to see the current “Password History” setting.

Step 3(a)

Type the command net accounts/ uniquepw:0 to disable password history for all users.

Step 3(b)

Type the command net accounts / uniquepw: 5 to enable or change the password history for all users

Step 4

Close the command prompt.

NOTE: This option is available for all Windows 7 editions.