This policy setting determines whether the minimum password length setting can be increased beyond the legacy limit of 14 characters. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled . Note: This setting only affects local accounts on the computer. Domain accounts are only affected by settings on the Domain Controllers, because that is where domain accounts are stored. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Account Policies\Password Policy\Relax minimum password length limits (2) REG: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SAM!RelaxMinimumPasswordLengthLimits