Re: Win 2000 pro permissions

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Try:

1. Log onto the Win2k Pro machine with an administrator account.

2. Go to Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy.

3. Expand Account Policies - click on Password Policy. You can change the
minimum length requirements.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"ICPS_Jim" <ICPS_Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5224CB82-7338-4798-9073-2221D940923A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am need of help with a problem with Window 2000 pro access. The rest of
my
network is an amalagamation of win 9x and NT4.0. Passwords are simple and
short. We installed a new win 2000 pro machine with a new Dell laser
printer
that requires 8 charcters for the password. Needless to say I cannot use
the
old passwords to access the new machine. We do not want to change the
current passwords on the old machines if we don't have to since everyone
one
knows them. This is in a closed enviornment with not access to the
internet.
At this time I can get temporary access to the Win 2000 pro machine and I
can print to it by adding 3 characters to the end and load them into the
win
2000 machine as users. However if I let the system set for a couple of
hours, I am locked out of the win 2000 pro computer and I have to go back
in
and unlock the accounts.

Any help would be appreciated.


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