passwords

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Tester

Hello,
Can windows passwords start with the equal " =" character?
What are valid password characters at the beginning and in the body?
I have windows AD domain.
Thank you, T
 
Tester said:
Hello,
Can windows passwords start with the equal " =" character?
What are valid password characters at the beginning and in the body?
I have windows AD domain.
Thank you, T
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I would open a Command Prompt, then type the following command:

net user "%UserName%" ~!@#$%^&*() /domain

In other words, type every character you can think of so that you can see if
it works. When finished, restore your password like so:

net user "%UserName%" SomePassword /domain

This will give you a faster and more comprehensive response than waiting for
some respondent to perform the test for you.
 
Pegasus said:
I would open a Command Prompt, then type the following command:

net user "%UserName%" ~!@#$%^&*() /domain

In other words, type every character you can think of so that you can see if
it works. When finished, restore your password like so:

net user "%UserName%" SomePassword /domain

This will give you a faster and more comprehensive response than waiting for
some respondent to perform the test for you.
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I do not think Tester meant someone else to run tests for him. Most probably
he was expectiong some known rule a la "letters and digits, starting with a
letter case sensitive"
One might feel uncomfortable experimenting with characters for PW as there
might be a risk not to be able to login again.
Are u saying that the method you sugested is fool-proof and will
automatically reject a invalid character?
 
aa said:
I do not think Tester meant someone else to run tests for him. Most
probably
he was expectiong some known rule a la "letters and digits, starting with
a
letter case sensitive"
One might feel uncomfortable experimenting with characters for PW as there
might be a risk not to be able to login again.
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*** With the method I suggested there is no risk. I even gave the
*** OP the precise instruction how to restore his current password.
Are u saying that the method you sugested is fool-proof and will
automatically reject a invalid character?
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*** Yes - but then nothing is really fool-proof. Fools can be
*** extremely ingenious . . . If the OP logs off instead of restoring
*** his password then he might paint himself into a corner.
 
Pegasus said:
*** Yes - but then nothing is really fool-proof. Fools can be
*** extremely ingenious . . . If the OP logs off instead of restoring
*** his password then he might paint himself into a corner.
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O, yes. Things like this happen to me all the time :-)
 
Hi there,
Thanks a lot. All I wanted to know if password can start with the =
character but will use the
net "user" password /domain command to test passwords in case I need
it.
T
 
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