Windows 2003 Password Policy

While attempting to change the administrator password on WIN 2003 you might get the fillowing error; in such cases you might need to alter your password policy.

Error : Windows cannot set the password for <so-and-so user>  because: The password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity and password history requirements.
 
To relax the Win 2003 password policy or password restrictions we  made the necessary changes ((Click on Start button, click on Administrative tools, click on Security Settings, click on Account Policies, click on Password Policy.

 For each of the parameters on the right, double click on each one and uncheck "Define this policy setting".
Next go to the command prompt (Click Start button, click on Run and type cmd in the window that pops up and click on OK).

Then type gpupdate /force so that the changes take effect.


To return to Windows, type exit and hit Enter key.