Microsoft KB Archive/816230

= Computer Account Password Causes Error Message &quot;0xc000006c (Password Restriction)&quot; =

Article ID: 816230

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you type the password for your computer account, and then click OK, you may receive the following error message:

0xc000006c (Password Restriction)



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the computer account password is incorrectly enforced by the user account password filter (Password.dll). The filter requires that passwords have at least 8 characters with at least 1 nonalphanumeric character.



Service Pack Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

  Date         Time   Version        Size     File name 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6613  124,176  Adsldp.dll 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6601  130,832  Adsldpc.dll 06-Mar-2003 05:52  5.0.2195.6667   62,736  Adsmsext.dll 06-Mar-2003 05:52  5.0.2195.6673  378,640  Advapi32.dll 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6611   49,936  Browser.dll 06-Mar-2003 05:52  5.0.2195.6680  136,464  Dnsapi.dll 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6663   96,528  Dnsrslvr.dll 06-Mar-2003 05:52  5.0.2195.6679   45,840  Eventlog.dll 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6627  148,240  Kdcsvc.dll 20-Feb-2003 14:11  5.0.2195.6666  204,560  Kerberos.dll 04-Mar-2003 06:00  5.0.2195.6678   71,888  Ksecdd.sys 04-Mar-2003 06:00  5.0.2195.6678  509,712  Lsasrv.dll 04-Mar-2003 06:00  5.0.2195.6678   33,552  Lsass.exe 05-Mar-2003 11:12  5.0.2195.6680  109,328  Msv1_0.dll 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6601  312,592  Netapi32.dll 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6627  360,720  Netlogon.dll 06-Mar-2003 05:52  5.0.2195.6672  929,552  Ntdsa.dll 06-Mar-2003 05:52  5.0.2195.6680  392,464  Samsrv.dll 16-Feb-2003 14:30  5.0.2195.6601   51,472  W32time.dll 16-Aug-2002 03:32  5.0.2195.6601   57,104  W32tm.exe 06-Mar-2003 05:52  5.0.2195.6666  125,200  Wldap32.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbwin2ksp4fix kbwin2000presp4fix kbfix kbbug KB816230

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