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Error Message: Your Password Is Too Short

Retired KB ArticleThis article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
Article ID:178824
Last Review:November 15, 2006
Revision:2.1
This article was previously published under Q178824

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.

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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.

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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).

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 95

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Keywords: 
kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB178824

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