Re: Default password length?

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers@nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 01/30/03 

From: "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:46:39 -0700

Greetings --

    WinXP's maximum password length is 128 characters.

Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
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"Miara Transportation" <Anon@mous.com> wrote in message 
news:po7g3vcul6igkpnqr17f8n61vt6ab12qpo@4ax.com...
> Can anyone tell me what the default *maximum* length for Windows XP
> is?  My boss recently changed his administrator password on his home
> machine.  He's now locked out because, he thinks, he put too many
> characters in and some got overwritten, so he gave the machine a
> password he wasn't planning on.  If I can figure out how many
> characters he entered, we may be able to figure out the password.
>
> Any info would be appreciated.
>

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