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I am looking for a way to disable local password complexity policy via PowerShell or other script language in Windows Server 2012 R2.<br />
Anyone know how to?<br />
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Note:<br />
I know how to do this via the GUI, I am looking for a script.
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I am looking for a way to disable local password complexity policy via PowerShell or other script language in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Anyone know how to?

Note:
I know how to do this via the GUI, I am looking for a script.

Disable local password complexity policy via powershell

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