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set it in the default domain controller policy<br />
defaullt domain applies for member servers/workstations, not for the DC (where AD is located)
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set it in the default domain controller policy
defaullt domain applies for member servers/workstations, not for the DC (where AD is located)

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Password policy should be set in the Default Domain Policy and nowhere else. Unless using fine grained policies this is the ONLY policy that will be used, you can NOT have multiple Group policies for password security settings.
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Password policy should be set in the Default Domain Policy and nowhere else. Unless using fine grained policies this is the ONLY policy that will be used, you can NOT have multiple Group policies for password security settings.

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I will try those suggestions and get back to you. &nbsp;Also, I am unable to set go in ad users and computers. &nbsp;Any reason why I do not get that tab.
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I will try those suggestions and get back to you.  Also, I am unable to set go in ad users and computers.  Any reason why I do not get that tab.

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This helped me to figure out what GPO's had not been applying. &nbsp;The issue was with there was password policy set at the local policy level and through GPO. &nbsp;Once I changed this the policy set.
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This helped me to figure out what GPO's had not been applying.  The issue was with there was password policy set at the local policy level and through GPO.  Once I changed this the policy set.

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My Domain Controller is a Windows Standard without Hyper-V SP2. &nbsp;I am trying to set up a password polciy through Group Policy. &nbsp;For some reason or another it is not applying the Group Policy. &nbsp;I have rebooted the server and force a gpupdate. My environment is a Terminal Server. &nbsp;I was setting the password polciy in the Default Doman Policy. &nbsp;The pollicy is set at the domain level and at the OU. &nbsp;I am not sure if some of the issue is the version of the OS installed.
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My Domain Controller is a Windows Standard without Hyper-V SP2.  I am trying to set up a password polciy through Group Policy.  For some reason or another it is not applying the Group Policy.  I have rebooted the server and force a gpupdate. My environment is a Terminal Server.  I was setting the password polciy in the Default Doman Policy.  The pollicy is set at the domain level and at the OU.  I am not sure if some of the issue is the version of the OS installed.

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