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"All this crap is to the point of making our lives more difficult and complicated than easier. I miss the simple, non commercialized internet of the 90s.now I have to change my password every 6 months and can’t use certain characters and two different authentication methods minimum. Spit."

To illustrate your point, read this actual exchange I had with Windows 11:

WINDOWS: Please enter your new password.

USER: cabbage

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters.

USER: boiled cabbage

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain 1 numerical character.

USER: 1 boiled cabbage

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot have blank spaces.

USER: 50goddamedboiledcabbages

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain at least one upper case character.

USER: 50GODDAMNEDboiledcabbages

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively.

USER: 50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon’tGiveMeAccessNow!

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot contain punctuation.

USER: ReallyPissedOff50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessNow

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain at least one special character, such as @, #, $, or %.

USER: ***ReallyPissedOff50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessNow

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot start with a special character.

USER: Really*Pissed*Off*50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessNow

WINDOWS: Sorry, that password is already in use by another user.

“Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords

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Article ID : 276304
Last Review : January 29, 2007
Revision : 3.3
This article was previously published under Q276304

SYMPTOMS

loadTOCNode(1, ‘symptoms’); If you log on to an MIT realm, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, click Change Password, type your existing MIT password, and then type a new, simple password that does not pass the dictionary check in Kadmind, you may receive the following error message:

Your password must be at least 18770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30689 passwords. Please type a different password. Type a password that meets these requirements in both text boxes.

Note that the number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1.NOTE: This is not a common case; it occurs only when you configure Windows 2000 to authenticate against an MIT Kerberos domain.”

“The number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1”