Re: password policy not being enforced

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From: Jerold Schulman (Jerry_at_jsiinc.com)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:25:11 -0400

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:00:52 -0700, "adam mccombs"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am running windows 2000 server edition and I have set up
>a password policy that requires 6 character passwords and
>complexity requirements. I have set it up under domain
>security policy and domain controller security policy.
>Is there something else I need to set up to enforce the
>policy?

It should automatically apply to domain member computers (and their users).

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

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