RE: Unable to update password



Seems like your users passwords are all not matching with your complexity
policy already... it just took time for the GPO to spread out to all the DCs
and check the pwds on the accounts.

"Jazzman" wrote:

> I made some changes to the default group policy for passwords.
> Like password complextity., length and etc.
>
> I went into AD users and computers and started unckecking the
> box in account which says password never expires and all of sudden
> after changing about 3 or 4 users and starting from 5th user I satred
> getting an error the moment I unchecked password never expires
> and tried to check user must change password on next logon
>
> error:
>
> The followung AD error occured: Unable to update password. The value
> provided for the new password doesn't meet the length, complexity of history
> requirement of the domain.
>
> Please advice ASAP. SOS !
> I am logged in as administrator.
>
.



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