Turn off password complexity requirements

[Jeff Swander]

A former admininstrator once turned on password complexity
requirements. I have since tried to turn it off, in the
local machine settings, domain settings, and AD
organizational unit settings... all to no avail. Even
thought I set them to 'Disabled' or 'Not Defined' I still
cannot change passwords to a simple password. Is there
something elsewhere that controls the complexity setting?

Thanks in advance.

 

[\Richard McCall [MSFT]\]

If you set them to Not Defined the the previous state is still in effect.
Use "Net Accounts" at the command prompt to verify. Make the Password
properties that you want in the Default Domain Policy. Then use Secedit
/RefreshPolicy machine_polcy /Enforce or reboot. Then verify again using Net
Accounts.

 

[Jeff Swander]

I changed 2 items in the policy settings in the Default
Domain Policy on the PDC. I ran Net Accounts to see what
the settings were, and 'complexity requirements' was not
one of the displayed settings. However, minimum password
length was displayed, but it did not change after I ran
the Secedit /RefreshPolicy machine_policy /enforce
command. I even waited the 90 minutes for it to apply the
changes automatically. When I tried to verify the
settings after that they were the same as before. Is
there somthing that takes priority over domain settings or
am I missing something else?

 

[Joe]

poledit.exe?

-----Original Message-----
I changed 2 items in the policy settings in the Default
Domain Policy on the PDC. I ran Net Accounts to see what
the settings were, and 'complexity requirements' was not
one of the displayed settings. However, minimum password
length was displayed, but it did not change after I ran
the Secedit /RefreshPolicy machine_policy /enforce
command. I even waited the 90 minutes for it to apply the
changes automatically. When I tried to verify the
settings after that they were the same as before. Is
there somthing that takes priority over domain settings or
am I missing something else?
and
confers no
.