Re: password complexity requirement

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This means the password was recently changed and you need to wait the
minimum password age before it can be changed again, which is set to 25
days. That is a brutally high amount, usually i have seen 3 to 5 days.

As a domain admin you could go in and reset the password before the 25 days
has expired.

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Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA

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"Ramon Niese" <ramon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ukGNQVMAGHA.3864@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Neil,
>
> I tried using different passwords but now we have the following error
> message continuously:
> "cannot change password for this account at this time."
>
>
> I will see what google has to say here..
>
>
>
> Ramon
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> "Neil Ruston" <NeilRuston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:FF57CB5E-153E-48BD-9CA3-CFCC29B58A48@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 1. The prompt to change a password is set elsewhere in the GPO. [local
>> policies/security options/prompt user to change...]
>> 2. The password below may be blocked since it contains the word "jan"
>> and/or
>> you have a password filter installed on the DCs.
>>
>> Have you tried other passwords which you believe do meet the
>> requirements?
>> The above should be simple to prove one way or the other.
>>
>> neil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ramon Niese" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We made the setting for password complexity requirements as follows:
>>> - Enforce password history (10 passwords)
>>> - Maximum password age (30 days)
>>> - Minimum password age (25 days)
>>> - Minimum password length (6 characters)
>>> - Password must meet complexity requirements (enabled)
>>> - Store passwords using reversable encryption (disabled)
>>>
>>> We have a user who receives a message that her password will expire in
>>> 13
>>> days??? (is this normal when we have the above settings)
>>> If this users chooses to change the password he wants to change his
>>> password
>>> to "Njan26!".
>>> If he clicks OK he receives the error that this password doesn't meet
>>> the
>>> complexity requirements???? I also checked this for another user
>>> and he also can't change his password with the same message.
>>>
>>> First we had a w2000 domaincontroller in our 2000 domain. A couple of
>>> weeks
>>> ago we installed 2 new domaincontrollers w2003 and transferred all the
>>> fsmo
>>> roles
>>> to these new domaincontrollers. We haven't demoted the old
>>> domaincontroller
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> If I look at the local policy on the w2000 clients I see the the
>>> "active"
>>> policy is the correct domain policy.
>>>
>>> Has anyone got an idea???
>>>
>>> Ramon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>


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