Article ID: 178824 - Last Review: November 15, 2006 - Revision: 2.1

Error Message: Your Password Is Too Short

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SYMPTOMS

After you change your domain password, you may receive the following error message:
Your password is too short.
You may receive this error message even though the password you typed is the correct length.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if you log on to a domain that requires a "strong" password, and you did not type both uppercase and lowercase letters. A strong password is a password that consists of six or more characters, has numeric characters, and has both uppercase and lowercase letters.

STATUS

This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows (http://www.microsoft.com/windows) .

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 95
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