From 78410de96ef8303f4f4444678244f68df38b7977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin Hall Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:18:02 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] edits --- .../security-policy-settings/minimum-password-age.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/minimum-password-age.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/minimum-password-age.md index 6965e3f742..ca6aedc5d8 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/minimum-password-age.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/minimum-password-age.md @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The **Minimum password age** policy setting determines the period of time (in da Setting the number of days to 0 allows immediate password changes, which is not recommended. Combining immediate password changes with password history allows someone to change a password repeatedly until the password history requirement is met and re-establish the original password again. For example, suppose a password is “Ra1ny day!” and there’s a history requirement of 24. -The password is changed 24 times in a row until finally changed back to “Ra1ny day!”. +If the minimum password age is 0, the password can be changed 24 times in a row until finally changed back to “Ra1ny day!”. The minimum password age of 1 day prevents that. If you set a password for a user and you want that user to change the administrator-defined password, you must select the **User must change password at next logon** check box.