RE: Windows 2000 Password message

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From: Irv (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 06:16:07 -0800

There is a patch from Microsoft. Not sure it it will work with the Swedish version

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821425

This gives you the following message when your password does not meet the security requirements -:

The password supplied does not meet the minimum complexity requirements. Please select another password that meets all of the following criteria:
is at least x characters;
has not been used in the previous x passwords;
does not contain your account or full name;
contains at least three of the following four character groups:

English uppercase characters (A through Z);
English lowercase characters (a through z);
Numerals (0 through 9);
Non-alphabetic characters (such as !, $, #, %)

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