RE: Password policy, no override

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Bill

password policy should only be set on your default domain controllers policy
not you default domain policy.

Regards

"Bill" wrote:

> My default domain policy's computer settings, (min password length, lockout
> duration, etc.) kept being set back to their old settings a few minutes
> after modifying them. It wasn't until I checked the enforced checkbox on the
> gpo that the default domain policy computer settings remained changed
> permanently. Strangely enough, the computer portion of the GPO remained
> unchanged, the login banner. I don't understand why checking the enforced,
> no override, box fixed the problem, or why it was a problem to begin with. I
> also recently experienced the same problem, and solution, at a bottom level
> OU policy in the computer settings of a GPO.
>
> thank you,
> Bill
>
.



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