How Do I Set a Proper Password Complexity Policy in a Windows OS?
A proper password complexity policy would be: eight characters for the length of a password and at least three types of the following characters used: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters.
Perform the following steps to set a local security policy:
- Log in to the OS as user Administrator. Choose Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools. In the Administrative Tools folder, double-click Local Security Policy.
Alternatively, click Start and type secpol.msc in the Search programs and files box.
- Choose Account Policies > Password Policy and perform the following operations.
- Double-click Password must meet complexity requirements, select Enable, and click OK to enable the policy.
- Double-click Minimum password length, enter the length (greater than or equal to 8), and click OK to set the policy.
- Run the gpupdate command to refresh your system settings. After the refresh succeeded, the settings will take effect in the system.
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