Re: Special characters in passwords

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 10/02/03 

Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:34:41 -0500

Just use them. Hold shift and use the numeric keys on the top row, %, ^,
&, * etc.

Or use Cntl Characters, c-C, c-Y, etc.

You can also hold Alt and type really special characters using the numeric
keypad (but that is not keystroke efficient for passwords.)

Require at least 15 characters; require complex passwords in your Group
Policy if you have a domain. 

-- 
Herb Martin

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