I am upgrading DNN 4.3 to 4.5.1, using a custom install template which maintains the new defaults for <superuser> and <administrator>... admin/dnnadmin and host/dnnhost. After successful installation, if I login as admin or host I am immediately prompted to change the password even though I have not set the passwords to expire:

Please update your password before continuing.
 
Password Last Changed: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 
Password Expires: Password does not Expire 
 
Is there a way to configure this behavior so that I am not prompted to reset the passwords for these accounts after an install?

Thanks!

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I had actually tried changing the passwords from the default values, but the requirement is not just to change it from the default. In Upgrade.vb, here is what is happening:

Dim superUser As UserInfo = GetSuperUser(xmlDoc, True)
If superUser.Membership.Password.Contains("host") Then
        superUser.Membership.UpdatePassword = True
End If

My test passwords were "testhost", etc. To supress the forced update, the password cannot contain "host".

Thanks again!

Discovered that the requirement on the admin account is a little stricter. The code in Upgrade.vb basically forces a password reset for each portal's admin account, regardless of what you set it in the template:

"Force Administrator to Update Password on first log in"

I can't see away around this - any ideas?