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9.3

Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed.

Asked by -Dman100- in MS SQL Server, SQL Server 2005

Tags: password, must, account, changed, failed

we just virtualized our sql server development box and installed SQL Server 2005 standard edition.  Previously we were running sql server 2000.  We moved over all the databases and I setup the logins for the database...same as they were before.

I tried to run one of the apps and recieved the following error message:

Login failed for user 'login_name'.  Reason: The password of the account must be changed.

so, I went to the security node and drilled down into the properties for that login.  I tried to uncheck 'Enforce password policy' and 'Enforce password Expiration'.  

Then I recieved this error:

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Alter failed for Login 'login_name'.  (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Alter+Login&LinkId=20476

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

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The CHECK_POLICY and CHECK_EXPIRATION options cannot be turned OFF when MUST_CHANGE is ON. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15128)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.3042&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=15128&LinkId=20476

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BUTTONS:

OK
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Then I tried to recheck the 'Enforce password policy' and 'Enforce password expiration' and recieved the following error:

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Change password failed for Login 'login_name'.  (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Change+password+Login&LinkId=20476

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

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Password validation failed. The password does not meet Windows policy requirements because it is not complex enough. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15118)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.3042&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=15118&LinkId=20476

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BUTTONS:

OK
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I'm not sure what is going on?  Something to do with user group policies on the box, maybe??  I'm not a network administration, so I'm randomly guessing?

Any help with this is appreciated.

Thanks.
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