can't create new User in Windows Server 2003

[LS20]

i just formatted and installed a brand new copy of Windows Server 2003 on a PC

I installed DNS Server, Print Server, File Server, Terminal Server, Application Server, and Domain Controller (Active Directory) on it. No settings were changed in any of those. After installing those servers I proceeded to create user accounts for the domain

The problem is that I cannot create any account, because when I try to, I get an error saying "Windows cannot set the password for [account.name] because: The password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity, and password history requirements." It wont let me finish creating a user account


This is the first user ever, so there are no password history. I tried random passwords, password that do not contain the user name, that are over 8 characters long, and that include numbers, and I still get the same error. what's the deal here?. I varied the user logon names as well... still cant create anything

 

[nanaki333]

go into domain security, domain controller security policy and local policy and find the password password. the local security policy will tell you which policies are in effect. if the policies have their password must me compexity things on, disable that, same with history, length yada yada. after you change em, it'll probably take a few minutes to take effect. rebooting the server gets it done quicker, if you don't care about downtime right now.

 

[mechBgon]

8 characters or more, with letters, numbers and symbols is what I believe it's looking for 🙂

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: nanaki333
go into domain security, domain controller security policy and local policy and find the password password. the local security policy will tell you which policies are in effect. if the policies have their password must me compexity things on, disable that, same with history, length yada yada. after you change em, it'll probably take a few minutes to take effect. rebooting the server gets it done quicker, if you don't care about downtime right now.

thanks... found out it I was missing Capitalized letters in my pw...

i used 'net accounts' command and it didnt specify those complexities... only length and expiration date and stuff 🙂