You are busy with the year-end summary and quietly realize that 2016 has just passed. Apart from a lot of work, there seems to be nothing to describe. But if you talk about the big and small things that happened this year, it would be much more interesting, especially Those several large-scale website data breaches brought us trouble.

For friends who have a bad memory or are very lazy, not only are they too lazy to change their passwords, but most of the commonly used passwords are almost exactly the same. If the leaked data happens to contain your registration information, the hacker will put all your digital things into the hands of others through "credential stuffing".

Although it is very troublesome to change the password regularly, for our application environment of "surfing the Internet = running naked", we still need to do what should be done. If you always can't remember it, let the operating system help you develop this habit by force. Start by changing the Windows-related passwords.

Group Policy password change reminder:

1. To set a regular password reminder, using Group Policy is often the most intuitive and convenient. If you are using Windows Professional Edition, use Win+R and enter gpedit.msc, and then enter "Computer Configuration-Windows Settings- Security Settings-Account Policy-Password Policy".

2. Select "Maximum password usage period" on the right. Generally, experts recommend changing it every 72 days. Of course, you can also choose the replacement time yourself, or even choose to update it every day, and then make a password every day. If you select "0", the Windows operating system password will not expire. As long as it is confirmed, the computer will prompt you to change the login password on the set date to ensure safety.

3. In addition, in this group policy, you can also change the minimum password length, whether the password meets the complexity (can you use a numeric password or must intersperse uppercase and lowercase English letters and special symbols), etc. If you have a bad memory, please adjust these carefully. options.

Command prompt password change reminder:

1. For friends who use the home version of Windows, it’s not that the editor is biased, but that the articles must be written in order. Without Group Policy, we can set it using the command prompt. I won’t go into detail on how to start the command prompt. Just enter:

wmic UserAccount set PasswordExpires=True