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Guest Bruce.

Guest Bruce.

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I have a laptop with XP Pro that has "Password must meet complexity

requirements" enabled in the Local Security Password Policy. I need to turn

that off.

 

However, when I try to edit it, the enabled/disabled buttons are grayed out.

I'm using an administrator account.

 

How can I reset that? Can I patch the registry somewhere?

 

Thanks,

Bruce.

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Guest Holz

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Re: Reset password must meet complexity requirements?

 

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:23:50 -0500

"Bruce." <noone@example.net> wrote:

> I have a laptop with XP Pro that has "Password must meet complexity

> requirements" enabled in the Local Security Password Policy. I need

> to turn that off.

>

> However, when I try to edit it, the enabled/disabled buttons are

> grayed out. I'm using an administrator account.

>

> How can I reset that? Can I patch the registry somewhere?

>

> Thanks,

> Bruce.

>

>

 

Is the laptop also a part of a domain? It might be controlled by the

domain gpo.

 

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Guest Bruce.

Guest Bruce.

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Re: Reset password must meet complexity requirements?

 

"Holz" <holz@my-laptop.nowhere> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:23:50 -0500

> "Bruce." <noone@example.net> wrote:

>

>> I have a laptop with XP Pro that has "Password must meet complexity

>> requirements" enabled in the Local Security Password Policy. I need

>> to turn that off.

>>

>> However, when I try to edit it, the enabled/disabled buttons are

>> grayed out. I'm using an administrator account.

>>

>> How can I reset that? Can I patch the registry somewhere?

>>

> Is the laptop also a part of a domain? It might be controlled by the

> domain gpo.

 

While at work, it is connection to a domain. However when I take it home,

there is no domain controller.

 

Bruce.

Guest R. McCarty

Guest R. McCarty

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Re: Reset password must meet complexity requirements?

 

Even when the laptop isn't connected to the DC it still uses cached

credentials so the policies are still enforced. Is your Domain account

a "Domain User" or something with higher privilege levels ? A PC

that is a Domain member has two types of accounts, Local machine

and the Domain which one is prompting for Password compliance?

 

"Bruce." <noone@example.net> wrote in message

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> "Holz" <holz@my-laptop.nowhere> wrote in message

> news:20080324214546.32b9020f@laptop.gateway.2wire.net...

>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:23:50 -0500

>> "Bruce." <noone@example.net> wrote:

>>

>>> I have a laptop with XP Pro that has "Password must meet complexity

>>> requirements" enabled in the Local Security Password Policy. I need

>>> to turn that off.

>>>

>>> However, when I try to edit it, the enabled/disabled buttons are

>>> grayed out. I'm using an administrator account.

>>>

>>> How can I reset that? Can I patch the registry somewhere?

>>>

>> Is the laptop also a part of a domain? It might be controlled by the

>> domain gpo.

>

> While at work, it is connection to a domain. However when I take it home,

> there is no domain controller.

>

> Bruce.

>

Guest Malke

Guest Malke

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Bruce. wrote:

> "Holz" <holz@my-laptop.nowhere> wrote in message

> news:20080324214546.32b9020f@laptop.gateway.2wire.net...

>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:23:50 -0500

>> "Bruce." <noone@example.net> wrote:

>>

>>> I have a laptop with XP Pro that has "Password must meet complexity

>>> requirements" enabled in the Local Security Password Policy. I need

>>> to turn that off.

>>>

>>> However, when I try to edit it, the enabled/disabled buttons are

>>> grayed out. I'm using an administrator account.

>>>

>>> How can I reset that? Can I patch the registry somewhere?

>>>

>> Is the laptop also a part of a domain? It might be controlled by the

>> domain gpo.

>

> While at work, it is connection to a domain. However when I take it home,

> there is no domain controller.

 

When you take the machine home, you are probably still logging into the

domain using cached credentials unless you know for sure you are logging

onto the machine using a local user account. Normally local user accounts,

aside from the local built-in administrator, are not created on

domain-member machines.

 

You should check with your office's IT Dept. about what you are trying to

do.

 

Malke

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Guest Bruce.

Guest Bruce.

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Re: Reset password must meet complexity requirements?

 

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

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> Even when the laptop isn't connected to the DC it still uses cached

> credentials so the policies are still enforced. Is your Domain account

> a "Domain User" or something with higher privilege levels ? A PC

> that is a Domain member has two types of accounts, Local machine

> and the Domain which one is prompting for Password compliance?

 

Yes, I do often use a domain login while at work. But for this task, I'm

using a laptop local account that I created with admin rights. It still

won't let me change the password requirements even using that local account.

 

Bruce.

Guest R. McCarty

Guest R. McCarty

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I don't really have an answer for you, but here is a link to an article that

discusses Group Policy overrides that may help:

http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/04/30/circumventing-group-policy-settings.aspx

 

 

"Bruce." <noone@example.net> wrote in message

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> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

> news:eIOCCWnjIHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Even when the laptop isn't connected to the DC it still uses cached

>> credentials so the policies are still enforced. Is your Domain account

>> a "Domain User" or something with higher privilege levels ? A PC

>> that is a Domain member has two types of accounts, Local machine

>> and the Domain which one is prompting for Password compliance?

>

> Yes, I do often use a domain login while at work. But for this task, I'm

> using a laptop local account that I created with admin rights. It still

> won't let me change the password requirements even using that local

> account.

>

> Bruce.

>

>

Guest Bruce.

Guest Bruce.

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Re: Reset password must meet complexity requirements?

 

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

news:epAjFonjIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>I don't really have an answer for you, but here is a link to an article

>that

> discusses Group Policy overrides that may help:

> http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/04/30/circumventing-group-policy-settings.aspx

 

Thank you. Very interesting reading. Learned a lot of GP I didn't know.

 

Bruce.

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