Windows 2012 Turn off Password Complexity
How to disable (turn off) the default Windows 2012 Administrator Complexity
1. Open the Administrative Tool
2. This places you in the Administrative Tools section. Select Local Security Policy and Open it.
3. Change the password Must Meet Complex Requirements option to Disabled.
Now Follow the steps to edit and update the policy
In the Server Manager click on Tools and from the drop down click Group Policy Management
Expand Forrest >> Domains >> Your Domain Controller.
Right Click on the Default Domain Policy and click on the Edit from the context menu.
Now Expand Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy
Double-click on the Passwords Must Meet Complexity Requirements option in the right pane.
Select Disabled under define this policy setting:
Click Apply then OK all the way out and close the GPO window.
In order to refresh the policy type the following command: “gpupdate /force” in the CMD window and click ENTER.
