Re: Changing Time Issue / Password Question

You can't set password policy at the OU level, it can only be set at the domain level and will impact all accounts in the domain.

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Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
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bigdogg wrote: 
Changing Time Answer:

I answered my own question uncheck the daylight savings bix then stop the windows time service so it does not sync with the domain then maunally check the box after all reports have ran.

Password Answer:
Reset the main Domain GPO password policy not to be complex did a gpupdate /force and then I was able to have a lower case password in a seperate OU. The problem was I had it set at the domain level rather than just the OU level.

Thanks,

BiG



bigdogg wrote:

Changing Time Question:

I'm in Eastern Time and I have 2 servers that are part of a 2003 AD environment. I uncheck the box to automatically adjust clock for daylight savings time because on Saturday night I do not want to the clock to change. But ever time I uncheck it the clock resets its self back 1 hour? I set it to the normal time and after about 30 minutes it goes back an hour again? Is it settings it’s time off the BIOS or is AD resetting the time. We want to manually change the time on Sunday afternoon due to our reports we generate? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Question on Password:

I have set a complex password policy over the domain but there is one user account I want to use a 7 character all lower case password. So I created a GPO and set it not to inherit and did a gpupdate /force but it still makes me create a complex password with upper and lower case for this one user account? How can I set just for just a lower case password?

Thanks in Advance!!

BiG 
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