powershelllocal-security-policy

Modify Local Security Policy using Powershell

I use Windows Server 2012.

I can do this:

In Administrative Tools folder, double click the Local Security Policy icon, expand Account Policies and click Password Policy.

In the right pane double click Password must meet complexity requirements and set it to Disabled. Click OK to save your policy change.

How can I do it programmatically using Powershell?

Solution

  • There is no pure powershell way of doing it as per @Kayasax's answer, you have to wrap secedit into Powershell.

    secedit /export /cfg c:\secpol.cfg
(gc C:\secpol.cfg).replace("PasswordComplexity = 1", "PasswordComplexity = 0") | Out-File C:\secpol.cfg
secedit /configure /db c:\windows\security\local.sdb /cfg c:\secpol.cfg /areas SECURITYPOLICY
rm -force c:\secpol.cfg -confirm:$false