Error Message: Your Password Is Too Short (178824)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95

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.

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.

RESOLUTION

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.

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB178824