I've watched all of the replies flash by, I'm not sure any of them answered the original question. Are you simply looking for directions on where to configure the settings?
Is this Windows box part of an Active Directory domain, if it is use group policy. If not, use the local security policy. Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. The precise path will vary depend on your version of windows and how you've configured your Start Menu. Once the tool is open expand Account Policies then click on Password Policy. You can configure 6 password policies there. The next folder down contains the 3 account lockout policies. Or are you looking for advice on what values to assign to these settings? If this is the case you already got some good advice, I would recommend Microsoft's own guidance for Windows Server 2003: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14845, follow the guidelines for the Enterprise Client (EC) scenario. Of course, I'm biased, I wrote most of that doc :P A note on OU-specific password policies: that is a new feature in Windows Server 2008, I don't think the version of the clients matter, only the domain controllers: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770394(WS.10).aspx. Regards, Kurt Dillard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pent 5971 Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to /password policy on Windows 2003 Any ideas/best practices? Regards 2009/8/20, pent 5971 <[email protected]>: > Hi, > I have an important Windows 2003 box which we are using only a admin > account actively. I also need to set a password policy (i have some > requirements) on this box and dont loose the admin account acces. How > can i do this password policy? > > Regards >
