We have an intranet self-service password tool that allows users to reset their password, then have that password change replicate from Windows to UNIX so all of their credentials are synced. The problem we have run into is that when users just Ctrl+Alt+Del to change their password within Windows (because they get prompted of an eminent password expiration by Windows itself), they end up only changing their AD password so nothing stays in sync. What I'm looking for is a way to customize the default "Your password will expire soon" notification within Windows so that I can point them to our intranet site. The first placed I check was secpol.msc, but the most I can change there is the expiration interval, not the message itself. Any thoughts?

As far as I know, it's not possible to customize "Your password will expire soon" notification within Windows. I could think of a probable workaround in this scenario, why not send mail notifications to users periodically about their password expiration ? You may include the the self-service portal URL in the mail and educate users to use the intranet tool to reset both AD and UNIX passwords at the same time. Following might help Password expiration message outlook http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrclientslegacy/thread/9b9fb190-a061-4ef0-825a-3e2aac3c044e PowerShell - password expiry reminder email http://ss64.com/ps/syntax-expiry.html ThanksRegards, Santosh I do not represent the organisation I work for, all the opinions expressed here are my own. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. Whenever you see a helpful reply, click on Vote As Helpful & click on Mark As Answer if a post answers your question.

Try Using regedit, the registry entry which controls this can be found at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon under PasswordExpiryWarning. From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee829687(v=ws.10).aspx After, push that with a GPP, or a reg import's GPO ! MCP | MCTS 70-236: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring Want to follow me ? | Blog: http://www.jabea.net | http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/ AFAIK, the registry change will not allow Admins to update password expiry notification "message", instead it allows Admins to change default password expiry notice "period" before the password expiration date. Thanks Regards, Santosh I do not represent the organisation I work for, all the opinions expressed here are my own. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. Whenever you see a helpful reply, click on Vote As Helpful & click on Mark As Answer if a post answers your question.