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I made the changes to the default Default Domain Policy, but I am still receiving the same error (&quot;Windows cannot set the password for User1 because: The password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity and password history requirements.&quot;). Do I need to issue a refresh command of some sort? I am executing the command on the PDC itself (only 1 in this test network).
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If you changed the policy, did you do a &quot;gpupdate&quot; after so that the machine would pull the new policy and make it effective?<br />

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I want to apply a GPO (AD 2003) to an OU that does NOT enforce the &quot;Password must meet complexity requirements.&quot; I don't want to modify the Default Domain Policy. How do I proceed?
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I want to apply a GPO (AD 2003) to an OU that does NOT enforce the "Password must meet complexity requirements." I don't want to modify the Default Domain Policy. How do I proceed?

I made the changes to the default Default Domain Policy, but I am still receiving the same error (&amp;quot;Windows cannot set the password for User1 because: The password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity and password history requirements.&amp;quot;). Do I need to issue a refresh command of some sort? I am executing the command on the PDC itself (only 1 in this test network).

If you changed the policy, did you do a &amp;quot;gpupdate&amp;quot; after so that the machine would pull the new policy and make it effective?


AD - Override &amp;quot;Complexity Requirements&amp;quot;

I want to apply a GPO (AD 2003) to an OU that does NOT enforce the &amp;quot;Password must meet complexity requirements.&amp;quot; I don&amp;#39;t want to modify the Default Domain Policy. How do I proceed?

AD - Override &quot;Complexity Requirements&quot;

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.