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Are you on a Windows 2008 domain? You can enforce strong passwords through active directory...
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Are you on a Windows 2008 domain? You can enforce strong passwords through active directory...

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yes but i cant force users to use things like 2 uppercase<br />
2 lowercase etc<br />
and stop them from using passwords like password1 password2 etc
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yes but i cant force users to use things like 2 uppercase
2 lowercase etc
and stop them from using passwords like password1 password2 etc

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This is basically does the same as the software you mentioned at a much cheaper price. Both products seem like they work well &amp;&nbsp;recomended but I have no experience with either. Hope this helps.
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This is basically does the same as the software you mentioned at a much cheaper price. Both products seem like they work well & recomended but I have no experience with either. Hope this helps.

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looks good has anyone used either of these
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looks good has anyone used either of these

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hi the specops looks good however the price seems to have increased quite a lot
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hi the specops looks good however the price seems to have increased quite a lot

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Has anyone used Anixis Password Policy Enforcer?<br />
Or an alernative password eforcer<br />
I need to enforce stronger passwords with minimal effort
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Has anyone used Anixis Password Policy Enforcer?
Or an alernative password eforcer
I need to enforce stronger passwords with minimal effort

Has anyone used Anixis Password Policy Enforcer?

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