Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Disable password complexity rule in Active Directory


Open Group Policy Management Console

Go To > Start > Run > type GPMC.MSC

Explore the Domains,
and right-click and Click "Default Domain Policy".
Click Edit the "Computer Configuration", "Windows Settings", "Security Settings", "Account Policies", and modify the password complexity requirements setting.

Editing the "Default Domain Policy" is definitely a quick-and-dirty thing to do. The better thing to do, once you get a better handle on group policy management, would be to return the default back to default settings and make a new GPO overriding the default with the settings you want. To get you by fast, though, editing the default isn't going to hurt you.

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