Here's what going on, running windows 7 pro on a stand alone laptop. I just want to be able to change my password and allow users to be able to change there's to what they like. Everytime I attempt to use my password that i've used before on other machines, it kicks back a message stating I don't meet the requirements. After hours of research into this ordeal i've tried the following:
1. Checking to see if it's on a domain, it's not...it's in a work group...
2. Tried resetting the security policies using secedit, successfully reset them, but for some reason still kicks back the same message! even when no password is required....
3. I used rsop.msc to check the policies taking effect, due to some behavior issues of this command it does not show local policies...
4. I used the gpresult /scope computer /v command to produce the details of the policies being applied...shows N/A for all local policies, i'm assuming this is for the same reason as the rsop.msc...just meant for domain policies not local ones..but I noticed it states that the group policy was applied from: SCI-DC-01.scinet.local.... i've never heard of this server, but it makes me think something in the OS is telling it override my local policies...
5. Last i looked towards the idea of a domain server still having a hold on this machine...I found a source stating to remove some Registry entries inside, I backed up the registry hive just incase and proceeded...to my suprised no key values were found, all stated blank and default.
I'm at a super loss. I've tried everything I can to get this computer to accept even no password when all settings have been verified and applied via gpupdate /force, i've restarted even tried changing the workgroup to see if that would do anything. I'm logged into the local built-in administrator account doing all this.
This is a tricky one for me. If anyone has some experience into this issue. It would a pleasure to learn more about this. Tough challenge for sure, but i'm out of ideas now.