If this policy is enabled, passwords must meet the following minimum requirements: *Not contain all or part of the user's account name *Be at least six characters in length *Contain characters from three of the following four categories: English uppercase characters (A through Z) English lowercase characters (a through z) Base 10 digits (0 through 9) Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %) Complexity requirements are enforced when passwords are changed or created. From: http://tinyurl.com/bk5y Hope this helps, Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA David Clark Company Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Rod Falanga [mailto:rfalanga@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:25 AM To: WINDOWS2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Follow-up question about setting domain-level password I've followed this discussion with a lot of interest and have found = where to change things for the domain level, for passwords. One of the = policies is labeled, "Passwords must meet complexity requirements". What does that mean? =A0 Rod Falanga http://amci.unm.edu =A0 ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm