Domain policy for password rules

I inherited a network with a domain that was already in place. We are
developing a Password page on our Intranet where employees can change
their password and unlock their accounts themselves. This app will
also be managing our password security like password expiration,
complexity, etc. I looked at the default domain policy and found all
of the settings that were managing passwords. I changed the following
password policies on the default domain policy to Not Defined:

Enforce Password History
Maximum Password Age
Minimum Password Age
Minimum Password Length
Password Must Meet Complexity Requirements

Before I made the change, all of these policies were defined and set.
These policies, however, are still applied somewhere, because
passwords are still expiring and still must meet complexity
requirements. I have torn this domain policy apart and cannot find
where these settings are still coming from. I've looked for other
rogue underlying domain policies but there aren't any.

Any ideas?????

There has to be someone out there that has at least an idea?????

Setting them to "not defined" doesn't change them from what they are unless
a Policy higher up in the tree over-rides them ("inheiritance" if I spelled
it right).

Set them to specifically what you want them to be. The interface has
built-in notes on the "Details Tab",..use them,..they usually tell you the
default behavor vefore things are messed with. Set the values to equal what
the expected Default would be that you are wanting.

Give it a while to fully replicate,...then if you set them to "not defined"
it should continue to run with the Defaults.

That's from memory, so if I messed it up, I'll accept corrections from the
"staff" :-)

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Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

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> There has to be someone out there that has at least an idea?????