Hi Gary,
Thank you for posting!
This issue is because the computer used to be part of a Domain environment
which has the Group Policy to prevent clients to modify such settings.
As I know, the Local Security Settings is stored in
%systemroot%\security\Database\secedit.sdb. So, there is an unofficial way
to reset this.
1. Find another computer install Windows XP. You can change the settings to
what you want.
2. Rename secedit.sdb to secedit.bak in %systemroot%\security\Database
3. Copy secedit.sdb from the good computer.
4. Restart the computer
I hope that the above suggestion will be helpful.
Have a nice day!
Thanks & Regards,
Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| A system using Win XP Pro SP1 has been moved from the building and
| removed from the domainand in to a workgroup. A user loging in as a
| local administrator reports that a password policy requiring long and
| complex policies remains and that using control panel->admin
| tools->local security policy->acount policies->password policy he can
| display the relevant policies including min password length, require
| complex passwsords but the fields to change these values are grayed
| out. Any ideas as to how I can resolve this?
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