How to disable the Windows Server Password Complexity
In this post i will explain how to turn off password complexity and about few other policy settings. Steps Search for server manager in windows start menu. Open Server Manager > Tools > Group Policy Management Then expand your domain forest. Under the Domains. Right click Default Domain Policy and Click Edit. Then it will open Group Policy Management Editor. Under Computer Configurations > Policies > windows settings > Security Settings > Account Settings. Select Password Policy. Now you can see all the settings related to password policy in your Windows Server. For disable password complexity, just open Password must meet complexity requirements. Select Disabled > Apply > OK . Also you can read all the details related to each policy in Explain tab. After that you have to refresh the policy. For that open Command Prompt and type the following command: “ gpupdate /force ” > Hit Enter.