Validate local password expiration on Windows 10

scripts/Set-SguStandardLocalUser.ps1

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 $userName = 'alumno'
 $plainTextPassword = 'ingenieria'
 $description = 'Cuenta local estandar SGU para recuperacion'
+$passwordNeverExpiresFlag = 0x10000
+
+function Get-LocalUserFlags {
+    param([Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Name)
+
+    $directoryEntry = [ADSI]("WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME/$Name,user")
+    return [int]$directoryEntry.InvokeGet('UserFlags')
+}
 
 $identity = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
 $principal = [Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal]::new($identity)
@@ -40,6 +48,16 @@ try {
             -Description $description | Out-Null
     }
 
+    # Windows 10's Get-LocalUser object has PasswordExpires but does not expose
+    # PasswordNeverExpires. Enforce and verify the underlying UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD
+    # flag so the result is consistent across Windows 10 and Windows 11.
+    $directoryEntry = [ADSI]("WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME/$userName,user")
+    $userFlags = [int]$directoryEntry.InvokeGet('UserFlags')
+    if (($userFlags -band $passwordNeverExpiresFlag) -eq 0) {
+        $directoryEntry.InvokeSet('UserFlags', ($userFlags -bor $passwordNeverExpiresFlag))
+        $directoryEntry.CommitChanges()
+    }
+
     $user = Get-LocalUser -Name $userName -ErrorAction Stop
     $administratorsSid = [Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]::new('S-1-5-32-544')
     $usersSid = [Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]::new('S-1-5-32-545')
@@ -74,11 +92,16 @@ if (@($verifiedAdministrators).SID.Value -contains $verifiedUser.SID.Value) {
 if ($verifiedUsers.SID.Value -notcontains $verifiedUser.SID.Value) {
     throw "The local account '$userName' does not belong to the local Users group."
 }
+$verifiedPasswordNeverExpires =
+    ((Get-LocalUserFlags -Name $userName) -band $passwordNeverExpiresFlag) -ne 0
+if (-not $verifiedPasswordNeverExpires) {
+    throw "The local account '$userName' password is not configured to never expire."
+}
 
 [pscustomobject]@{
     UserName = $verifiedUser.Name
     Enabled = $verifiedUser.Enabled
     IsAdministrator = $false
     IsStandardUser = $true
-    PasswordNeverExpires = $verifiedUser.PasswordNeverExpires
+    PasswordNeverExpires = $verifiedPasswordNeverExpires
 }