Re: Tough password question!

the article is wrong. w2k/wxp/w2k3 support pwds up to 128 characters

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"Paul Bergson" <pbergson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ace my password is 30 characters long on my w2k3 domain. Maybe w2k3 is
> different. I don't off hand recall the max length but was thinking it was
> 128.
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> "Ace Fekay [MVP]"
> <PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> In news:A4ECA5D6-5D07-4D75-9EEB-A73CF432B4AB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> J Lloyd <JLloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I commented on
>> below:
>>> I have a Windows 2003 Native mode domain & forest. I am joining a
>>> 2000 member server to it. It will not accept the domain
>>> administrator username and password which is 15 characters long and
>>> complicated including non-alpha chars to join the domain.
>>>
>>> If I change the password to something shorter like Password1 it
>>> works. When I reboot the server, it will not login when the admin
>>> password is reset to the hard password. It will login locally with
>>> this password set to the local admin account, or to a domain user
>>> account and it will login if I change the domain admin password to
>>> the simple example above.
>>>
>>> No event log issues on either the (single) DC or server. It is not a
>>> keyboard / languange issue as I type the password in to the username
>>> box it and looks correct.
>>>
>>> I am stumped as to why this can be! The password is okay when used
>>> on a normal user account, or even another domain admin. If the
>>> Administrator account is set to this password, it cannot login. It
>>> doesn't make sense...
>>>
>>> Somebody please save me from insanity!! Thanks.
>>
>> 15 characters is too long. 14 is the max
>>
>> Step-by-Step Guide to Enforcing Strong Password Policies:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/directory/activedirectory/stepbystep/strngpw.mspx
>>
>> You'll need to reset the password and follow the maximum length allowed
>> of 14 characters.
>>
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