How to Configure the Minimum Password Length Setting in Windows XP

You can force Windows to reject passwords that do not meet a minimum password length. Useful to help stop people from using trivial passwords where security is an issue.
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How to change most important Local Security Policy settings in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I want to create a password complexity policy that requires use

I need to automatically set the following local password policies on a number of standalone Windows 2008 Server machines: Maximum password Age Minimum password Length Password must meet minimum