Change Password Policy in WIn Server 2008 R2

[mherz715]

Hi!
I have new installed Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition, and I notice under the local security policy, all password policy are disabled. Is there a way to enabled it???
I really want to change the setting of password policy.

Please help me.

Thanks in advance.

 

[voodooclanboy]

If the Windows Serve 2008 is a standalone computer, and the user you are using has the local administrators rights, you can access the Password Policy and do some change.

If the Windows Server 2008 is in a domain environment, this problem may occur when a domain group policy has defined the policy settings on the domain server. In this case, the corresponding local group policy option will be grayed out. This is expected behavior.

Please perform the following steps to check whether a domain group policy has defined the settings:

1. Logon as administrator, click Start -> Run, type "rsop.msc" in the text box, and click OK.
2. Locate the [Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Account Policies\Password Policies] item.
3. Check whether the corresponding password options are set. If so, the "Source GPO" column displays the policy that defines this policy.


If you want to change the domain group policy, you will need to contact your domain administrator.

Hope it helps you.
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