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AD - Override "Complexity Requirements"

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?
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I made the changes to the default Default Domain Policy, but I am still receiving the same error ("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."). 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 "gpupdate" after so that the machine would pull the new policy and make it effective?
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