Maximum Password Age
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Windows 10
To access, do the following
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Expand Account Policies
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Expand Password Policy
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Double-click Maximum password age
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Default setting is 42 days
Maximum password age
This security setting determines the period of time (in days) that a
password can be used before the system requires the user to change
it. You can set passwords to expire after a number of days between 1
and 999, or you can specify that passwords never expire by setting
the number of days to 0. If the maximum password age is between 1
and 999 days, the Minimum password age must be less than the maximum
password age. If the maximum password age is set to 0, the minimum
password age can be any value between 0 and 998 days.
Note: It is a security best practice to have passwords expire every
30 to 90 days, depending on your environment. This way, an attacker
has a limited amount of time in which to crack a user's password and
have access to your network resources.
Default: 42.