On Windows server 2003:
When I change a username to 6 characters long then I can change my password.
When less than 6 characters, I receive an error:
The password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity and password history requirements.
Any help with this would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
I have played with username lengths below and above 6 letters.
The password change works fine for a username (not password) above 6 letters long but not below 6.
I don't believe that the error message I receive is the problem but rather a symptom.
Gott admit, I've never seen that before. Granted I don't know EVERYTHING about the server OS (who does really?), but I've worked with MS servers since NT4 server and never experienced that. I know for sure I've had 5 letter usernames (first initial last name configuration, for example tleed) and I could change the passwords on them. I'd suspect something in group policy. Have you inherited this job/server, or was it one that you created and now have this issue?
This was done last week. Yesterday I tried to create a username "w" which is 1 character long and then when
I tried to input the password twice I received the same message:
"Windows cannot set the password for w because:
"The password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length,
password complexity and password history requirements."
This is the message I get when the USERNAME length is between 1 to 5 letters long. When it's 6 letters long
then I succeed in creating the username.
I rebooted the server but I still get same error about*password complexity.
Someone just told me the following:
"I recall when we set up our 2003 systems years ago that turning off password complexity had no effect and that it was a known issue."
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