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Group Policy - complex passwords .....AHHHHHRRRRGGGG!
This is driving me up the wall...
I changed group policy in sbs2003 to block people using MSN messenger at work - i did this in the default domain policy and it works fine, however...
since i have made that change, i am no longer allowed to have passwords that dont conform to the complexity requirements.
I have searched through this website looking at other people with a similar problem and tried setting the password policy explicitly, disabling the password policies, using the resultant group policy snap in thing to show where the policy is coming from but whatever i do the requirement for a complex password remains
please can someone help with this....
thanks
andy
I changed group policy in sbs2003 to block people using MSN messenger at work - i did this in the default domain policy and it works fine, however...
since i have made that change, i am no longer allowed to have passwords that dont conform to the complexity requirements.
I have searched through this website looking at other people with a similar problem and tried setting the password policy explicitly, disabling the password policies, using the resultant group policy snap in thing to show where the policy is coming from but whatever i do the requirement for a complex password remains
please can someone help with this....
thanks
andy
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yes the setting is 'disabled'
What exactly did you do via GPO that prevents MSN Messenger from working?
Is the Default Domain Policy GPO still linked and enabled at the domain level?
Is there any indication of GPO application problems in the event logs of the DC?
Is the Default Domain Policy GPO still linked and enabled at the domain level?
Is there any indication of GPO application problems in the event logs of the DC?
you may find you need to run gpedit.msc to edit the DC policy as well
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i edited the default domain policy, computer config, windows settings, security settings, software restrictions, additional rules and added the path the messenger.
All the policies are still linked
I had a look at the event viewer and cant see anything related to group policy
i checked gpedit on the server and on a client pc and both say the complexity requirement is disabled....
All the policies are still linked
I had a look at the event viewer and cant see anything related to group policy
i checked gpedit on the server and on a client pc and both say the complexity requirement is disabled....
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gpresult will still show you what poilicy is applying which is a quick way to show you what you may have missed
Agreed. I was just offering a GUI option.
:) nothing malicious meant at all :)
Do you have complexity turned off in the Default Domain Policy under Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Account Policies | Password Policy | Password myst meet complexity requirements?