Win2K user accounts

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Name: jasperkat
Date: September 1, 2005 at 03:34:14 Pacific
Subject: Win2K user accounts
OS: Win2K
CPU/Ram: P4

Comment:

Win2K only allows 20 characters when creating new user account on the PC. Is there a reg change I can make to increase this?
Jasperkat

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Response Number 1

Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: September 2, 2005 at 06:18:34 Pacific
Subject: Win2K user accounts

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If you're using the GUI, you should be able to create usernames longer than 20 characters; although I don't know why you'd want to do have your userIDs that long.
If you're using the net.exe, then there is indeed a limitation, which has been documented on Microsoft's website.
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Response Number 2

Name: Dirty_Sanchez
Date: September 4, 2005 at 11:05:14 Pacific
Subject: Win2K user accounts

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you dont want them that long. if you make them thta long, you are going to be unlocking a TON of locked accounts when the users mistype their logins and lock their account.

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Response Number 3

Name: jasperkat
Date: September 5, 2005 at 01:31:30 Pacific
Subject: Win2K user accounts

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The reason why they are that long is that they have to be firstname.secondname@domainname.co.uk, which is more than 20 letters.
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Response Number 4

Name: ooglenz1
Date: September 6, 2005 at 05:13:11 Pacific
Subject: Win2K user accounts

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And how are you going to do something in dos with the accounts if they are that long??
like say net user etc?

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Response Number 5

Name: jasperkat
Date: September 7, 2005 at 08:51:24 Pacific
Subject: Win2K user accounts

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Thanks for your help
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