changing administrator password

[max]

Hi,
When I try to reset the Administrator password in Active
Directory, I get the following message

"Windows cannot complete the password change for
Administrator because: The password does not meet the
password policy requirements. Check the minimum password
length, pasword complexity and password history
requirements."

I have turned off the complexity for passwords in
the "Default Domain Policy". I have also disabled the
default profile in Active Directory and locally on the
computer. Is there any other place to
disable this?

Max

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Open Default Domain policy, locate password policy under Computer
Settings/Security Settings.... , mark Complex passwords policy as disabled
and min password length policy to 0. Run gpupdate and then it should work.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSA, MCSE, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)

 

[Aimme Lirette MSFT]

The password settings are determined at the Domain level, usually in the
Default Domain policy.

This is the only place these settings are read from, if they had a value
previously set and you change the policy to be not defined, it will retain
the previous settings- for example If Maximum password age is set to 90
days, and you change the policy to "not defined" it will reatain the 90 day
setting.

If you go to the password policies, and check Passwords Must meet complexity
requirements is it set to "not defined" or is it set to "disabled"?

If it is not defined, change it to disabled.

Thank you!
Aimme