Preventing an account from having a blank password.

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Currently on this Windows XP Pro workstation, if an account is created using
the Users& Passwords tool from the control panel, it will allow an account to
be created that has no password. The same system does not allow this account
to be created if I go through Administrative Tools. Is there a way to either
disable the Users & Passwords icon in the control panel or to force the Users
& passwords tool to require a password at the time the account is created?
 
Greg said:
Currently on this Windows XP Pro workstation, if an account is
created using the Users& Passwords tool from the control panel, it
will allow an account to be created that has no password. The same
system does not allow this account to be created if I go through
Administrative Tools. Is there a way to either disable the Users &
Passwords icon in the control panel or to force the Users & passwords
tool to require a password at the time the account is created?
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Not tested it but have you looked at the local policy for the computer? You
can require password complexity and length there which might help.
 
I tried this, Robert. The Users applet in control panel will still allow you to create an account with no password.
 
Doug said:
I tried this, Robert. The Users applet in control panel will still
allow you to create an account with no password.
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Just tried it myself and I agree with you. Looks like we found us a bug; the
password length thing might be debatable, but the password complexity thing
blocks account creation with a poor password in a domain environment, so it
feels very wrong to me that you can sneak past it here!
 
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