Re: Passwords in Server 2003



HI Peter,

Thanks for the reply on how to sort the passwords out. All i need to know
now is how to do My Documents forwading.

PLEASE HELP.
i am new to Server 2003

Jamie McDermid

"Peter D. Hipson" wrote:

> On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:37:26 -0700, "JWMC"
> <JWMC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Hi, User Configuration????? Where will i find that? This is so strange
> >because Windows Server 2000 ust to do this automatically
> >
> >"Andrei Ungureanu" wrote:
> >
> >> open AD Users & Computers . Properties on the name of the domain - Group
> >> Policy - edit Default Domain Policy - Windows Settings - Security Settings -
> >> Account Policies - Password Policy.
> >>
> >> In the User Configuration - Windows Settings you'll find the folder
> >> redirection options.
> >>
>
> Server 2k3
>
> AD users and computers.
> Select domain
> Left click, properties. and domain.local policies wil display
>
> in domain.local properties
> group policy tab
> select group policy object
> click edit and grop upolicy object editor will display
>
>
> in Group policy object editor
> Click Computer configuration
> click Windows settings
> click security settings
> click account policies
> click password policies
>
> Set/unset/configure the policies you wish.
>
> Make sure the users understand the risks associated with weak
> passwords. I once tried a test with one of my programming classes, set
> a weak 7 character password, gave them the first character. They got
> in to the system in under five minutes. You think it will never happen
> to you, then it does. Once it happens it is very difficult to set
> things straight--that is why we have those defaults.
>
>
> PeterD, the Darkstar Network
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>
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