Re: Password complexity policy not being enforced

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From: Hank Arnold (rasilon_at_aol.com)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:26:28 -0400

I believe so.... I did the following:

- Open AD Users and Computers
- Right click on the domain name (HOSPICE.LOCAL)
- Open properties
- Click on the Group Policy tab
- Highlight the "Default Domain Policy (only one)
- Click on Edit
- Open
        Computer Configuration
            Windows Settings
                Security Settings
                    Account Policies

I made all the changes there..... Any ideas?

TIA,
Hank
"Clayton Baker" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1a5e01c4a0d0$04ff79f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hank
> Are you appling this at the root of your Domain in the
> Default Domain Policy?
> If not...it will not work!
> The password policy needs to be applied in the Default
> Domain Policy, and will not work any where else.
> I have had to do this just the other day due to Sarbanes
> Oxley....and the users are still calling for help...lol
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have a W2K AD setup with two DC's. I've set up the
> password policy (under
>>Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security
> Settings\Account Policies).
>>I've set the following:
>>
>>minimum of 8 characters
>>Expires after 60 days
>>Minimum password age is 2 days
>>6 passwords are remembered
>>Complexity Requirements are enforced
>>Account is locked after 6 attempts
>>Account is locked for 120 minutes
>>Account lockout counter is reset after 120 minutes
>>
>>My problem is that the complexity setting is not being
> enforced. Nor is the
>>length of the password. It will not allow reusing a
> password immediately
>>after being set. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Hank Arnold
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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