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csvde.exe - password restrictions

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by jdsharp

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I was unable to use the csvde.exe in Windows 2000 due an error about password complexity, length etc. This problem continued even after the group policies were disabled. (and secedit was used to refresh the policies)

Answers prior to 8am tomorrow would be appreciated as time is running out on this implementation. Thanks.

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by joseph moore

Ok, so you turned off the "password must meet complexity requirements" in Group Policy, re-applied the new GP to reflect this, and still you get the password complexity error?
Ok, well, this makes me wonder: was your Domain Controller upgraded from NT4 to 2000? Here is why:
On an upgraded NT4 domain controller that had passfilt.dll added, PASSFILT remains in the Registry. It is not removed during the 2000 upgrade. So, even though you remove the complexity requirement in GP, the filter is still being called via the NT4 manual Registry entry.
I have a machine in my office that falls in these exact situation.
So, open the REgistry on your DC (use REGEDT32) and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Double-clickon Notification Packages
Remove PASSFILT.
You might need to reboot the DC at this point.

Now try csvde.

Good luck.

by jdsharp

That may have been the cause, but unfortuneately we had to add the users manually and I didn't receive (or send) this reply (question) early enough to try it out.

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