Policy

Prevent the use of security questions for local accounts

If you turn this policy setting on, local users won’t be able to set up and use security questions to reset their passwords.

Policy

PackMicrosoft Windows

CategoryWindows Components / Credential User Interface

Policy IDa801a6211e19

Internal nameNoLocalPasswordResetQuestions

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\NoLocalPasswordResetQuestions (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\NoLocalPasswordResetQuestions (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

If you turn this policy setting on, local users won’t be able to set up and use security questions to reset their passwords.

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