Re: Password Policy

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Most likely your domain policy is overriding your setting changes.

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"JT" <JT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My current password policy is
> 5 passwords remembered
> 0
> 0 days
> 0 characters
> Disabled
> Disabled
>
> I modify these settings and then save them. When I go back into the
> policy
> they default back to the policy above. What am I missing.


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