What is the Windows Server 2008 password requirement? When you just installed Windows Sever 2008 on your server, it did not allow you to log in with a request that you should change your password first. But unfortunately, when you input the password you believe is valid, you often meet the rejection with the message “Unable to update the password. The value provided for the new password does not meet the length, complexity, or history requirements of the domain.”
We also often get the message “the password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity, and password history requirements” when we intend to change our Windows Server 2008 password.
Windows Server 2008 has a strong password policy; if users do not know the password requirements while resetting their Windows Server 2008 password, they often get rejected with the prompt message above.
If you want to read about the password policy on your windows, follow the steps below showing you how to open the password complex requirement on your computer.
1 Click on Start, point to Administrative Tools and select Local Security Policy.
2 On the left panel, expand the Security Settings: Account Policies\Password Policy.
3 On the right panel, double-click on the password must meet complexity requirements.
4 When the message box pops up, click on Explain to read the details of the password complexity requirement.
If you feel the password requirements are so strong that you think it is hard to remember the password you are setting, you can change Windows Server 2008 password policy on your windows.
You can select disable on the Local Security Policy to close the password complexity requirements. If you want to enable the policy, choose then enable again. But the Enable/Disable radio buttons often be grayed out, and then you can’t change the values of the password policy.
The strong password complexity requirements are often enabled by default as soon as you install Windows Server 2008 on your server. It can ensure users set strong passwords on their computers and improve the security of information on their systems. So set a strong password on windows rather than change the password policy.
If you feel the strong password is so challenging to remember, you can write it down on your notebook or create a Windows Server 2008 password reset disk to prevent a forgotten password.
However, unfortunately, if you forgot your Windows Server 2008 password after changing the password and did not create a windows server 2008 password reset disk before, create a password recovery disk with third-party software to recover the forgotten password.