passwords

T

Tester

Hello,
Can windows passwords start with the equal " =" character?
What are valid password characters at the beginning and in the body?
I have windows AD domain.
Thank you, T
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

"Tester" wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Can windows passwords start with the equal " =" character?
> What are valid password characters at the beginning and in the body?
> I have windows AD domain.
> Thank you, T


I would open a Command Prompt, then type the following command:

net user "%UserName%" ~!@#$%^&*() /domain

In other words, type every character you can think of so that you can see if
it works. When finished, restore your password like so:

net user "%UserName%" SomePassword /domain

This will give you a faster and more comprehensive response than waiting for
some respondent to perform the test for you.
 
A

aa

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message
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>
> "Tester" wrote in message
> news:5288219a-8434-4015-9574-a3c66071ac57@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello,
> > Can windows passwords start with the equal " =" character?
> > What are valid password characters at the beginning and in the body?
> > I have windows AD domain.
> > Thank you, T

>
> I would open a Command Prompt, then type the following command:
>
> net user "%UserName%" ~!@#$%^&*() /domain
>
> In other words, type every character you can think of so that you can see
if
> it works. When finished, restore your password like so:
>
> net user "%UserName%" SomePassword /domain
>
> This will give you a faster and more comprehensive response than waiting

for
> some respondent to perform the test for you.

I do not think Tester meant someone else to run tests for him. Most probably
he was expectiong some known rule a la "letters and digits, starting with a
letter case sensitive"
One might feel uncomfortable experimenting with characters for PW as there
might be a risk not to be able to login again.
Are u saying that the method you sugested is fool-proof and will
automatically reject a invalid character?
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

"aa" wrote in message
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>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message
> news:OYpm7pOTKHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Tester" wrote in message
>> news:5288219a-8434-4015-9574-a3c66071ac57@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hello,
>> > Can windows passwords start with the equal " =" character?
>> > What are valid password characters at the beginning and in the body?
>> > I have windows AD domain.
>> > Thank you, T

>>
>> I would open a Command Prompt, then type the following command:
>>
>> net user "%UserName%" ~!@#$%^&*() /domain
>>
>> In other words, type every character you can think of so that you can see
> if
>> it works. When finished, restore your password like so:
>>
>> net user "%UserName%" SomePassword /domain
>>
>> This will give you a faster and more comprehensive response than waiting

> for
>> some respondent to perform the test for you.

> I do not think Tester meant someone else to run tests for him. Most
> probably
> he was expectiong some known rule a la "letters and digits, starting with
> a
> letter case sensitive"
> One might feel uncomfortable experimenting with characters for PW as there
> might be a risk not to be able to login again.
*** With the method I suggested there is no risk. I even gave the
*** OP the precise instruction how to restore his current password.

> Are u saying that the method you sugested is fool-proof and will
> automatically reject a invalid character?

*** Yes - but then nothing is really fool-proof. Fools can be
*** extremely ingenious . . . If the OP logs off instead of restoring
*** his password then he might paint himself into a corner.
 
A

aa

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message
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> *** Yes - but then nothing is really fool-proof. Fools can be
> *** extremely ingenious . . . If the OP logs off instead of restoring
> *** his password then he might paint himself into a corner.


O, yes. Things like this happen to me all the time :)
 
T

Tester

Hi there,
Thanks a lot. All I wanted to know if password can start with the =
character but will use the
net "user" password /domain command to test passwords in case I need
it.
T
 

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