Open the command prompt (Start > Run > cmd.exe) and type: We can use this command even from the batch file to work with multiple accounts in one pass. We have the context NET USER where we can manipulate with user accounts either on the local machine or on the domain. Actually, the NET command has a lot of subcommands and it’s very powerful when we want to obtain network related information. The Windows has a lot of command line tools and the command NET is one of very old command line interfaces. I used this command on different Windows versions, from Windows XP and Server 2003 up to Windows 10 and Server 2012 R2. I will show you a very simple trick from the command line that can show to you when your password will expire. If this is too short for you, you can change your password on the intervals from 45 to 60 days.

The best security practice is to change password on the regular intervals of 30 days. In properly administrated systems all user’s password must expire after X amount of time. Second most common reason for account lockout is the password expiration. I demonstrate such situation in this post, where the user changed password in the system and not updated his own mobile phone. The account lockout can occur due the different reasons. One of the most frequent and urgent calls to the help desk is the locked account.

User account has expired