Re: password complexity

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From: Derek Melber [MVP] (derekm_at_braincore.net)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:09:22 -0700

Marin,

You were right... password complexity is the same for XP as for 2003. The
article you pointed to is just stated what a "strong password" would look
like, not what password complexity looks like. 

-- 
Derek Melber
BrainCore.Net
derekm@braincore.net
"Marin Marinov" <mlmarinov@askme.ca> wrote in message
news:MPG.1af4956049b11ed5989714@msnews.microsoft.com...
> <snip>
> Discard the password complexity section from the above post - it's for
> Windows XP, sorry about that, Dave. In Windows Server 2003 password
> complexity is much more complex ;)
> http://tinyurl.com/3ax9f
>
> In addition to the previous suggestion, did you force GP update on the
> DC?
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>    Marin Marinov
>    MCT,MCSE 2003,MCSE:Security 2003
> -
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.

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