The best you can do is configure your password requirements in Local Security Policy
account policies and use the net accounts command to view the applied setting. I have
heard about this before and it sounds like a quirk. You might also want to try and
enable password complexity to see if that helps. If all that is configured, you can
not enforce passwords make sure that only people you trust can create user accounts.
You can use local Group Policy via gpedit.msc to hide specific control panel applets
under user configuration/administrative templates/control panel. Also if you run
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer on a computer it will tell you if there are
blank passwords. It can also be used to scan network computers. --- Steve


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx

"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Windows 2000 Stand Alone machine that I need to configure so that
> all new accounts must have a password. Currently, when I go through
> Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Local Users and Groups this works, I
> must enter a password for the new account or I cannot create the account. If
> I go through Control Panel>Users and Passwords I can create the account
> without a password. How do I change the Control Panel>users and passwords to
> also require a password?