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You are exactly right! &nbsp;I think I had complexity OK but not long enough.<br />
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I should have been more persistent in my attempts.<br />
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Thanks!
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You are exactly right!  I think I had complexity OK but not long enough.

I should have been more persistent in my attempts.

Thanks!

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Folks this entry was worth the price of admission.... &nbsp;Thanks it worked great.... &nbsp;Not sure why MicroSoWhat had to make the message so cryptic. &nbsp; Or why you could enter a password that would not satisfy the the policy.<br />
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bottom line thanks
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Folks this entry was worth the price of admission....  Thanks it worked great....  Not sure why MicroSoWhat had to make the message so cryptic.   Or why you could enter a password that would not satisfy the the policy.

bottom line thanks

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I am creating a local user on a 2008 server. Password complexity is enabled and needs to remain that way. Even after disabling it I receive the error &quot;An error with no description has occurred&quot; &nbsp;when attempting to create a user. I see no events in the log.<br />
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Thanks.<br />
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I am creating a local user on a 2008 server. Password complexity is enabled and needs to remain that way. Even after disabling it I receive the error "An error with no description has occurred"  when attempting to create a user. I see no events in the log.

Thanks.

Server 2008 &quot;error with no description has occurred&quot; when creating a user

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Server 2008 &quot;error with no description has occurred&quot; when creating a user

Server 2008 "error with no description has occurred" when creating a user