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apply a password group policy?

Hi

In the GPMC the account properties are listed under "Computer configuration".  

If i create a new GPO for passwords do I link it to the Users container or the Computers container?

Surely I want the policy only to apply to a particular users OU and not every computer.  

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What OS are you using?
With Win2000 and 2003 you can only have a single password policy - ONE POLICY APPLIES TO THE WHOLE DOIMAIN
With Win2008 you must use the Fine Grained Password Policy see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770394(WS.10).aspx
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SBS 2008,

Surely there can be different password policies applied to different OUs?
Windows 2000 and 2003 you can see the password policy in Default Domain Policy

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780271%28WS.10%29.aspx

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Thanks KCTS, seems like an awful lot of work just to set a simple password policy.  

I created a new GPO and linked it to the computers OU - seems to have worked.  
Thanks Guys