Article ID: 102378
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q102378
SYMPTOMS
If the administrator creates a new account but doesn't enter a password, the "User Must Change Password at Next Logon" check box doesn't seem to work: when you next logon, Windows NT asks for a new password but will accept a blank password.
CAUSE
Even when a password history is in effect, you can still change your password from a blank password to a blank password. The password uniqueness setting should not allow this.
Blank passwords are not stored in the password history, so you can change your password to a blank password at any time -- even if you used a blank password more recently than the password uniqueness setting is supposed to allow.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Create a new user without entering a password.
- Choose User Must Change Password.
- Logon as that user. You are asked to enter a new password.
- At the prompt to enter a new password, choose OK.
Windows NT responds that the password is successfully changed. In reality, you still have a blank password.
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