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I am trying to locate the standard password filter program called passfilt.dll on my 2008 DC. I searched the whole C drive but I could not find it. According to documentation, it should be in c:\windows\system32

Does anyone know where it is located?

Thanks in advance.

J Lee
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  • have you seen this?: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/desktop/SecMgmt/installing-and-registering-a-password-filter-dll – marsh-wiggle Nov 08 '18 at 17:02
  • I was under the impression the default password complexity policy was stored in a file called passfilt.dll but I could not find it. I was just trying to find the file. – J Lee Nov 08 '18 at 23:36

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There isn't a separate password filter dll included with Windows. If you want password complexity functionality that is different from the default, you need to build/register your own custom dll. Or purchase a third party password filter.

Greg Askew
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  • I was under the impression the default password complexity policy was stored in a file called passfilt.dll but I could not find it. I was just trying to find the file. – J Lee Nov 08 '18 at 23:40
  • @JLee: There was a separate file. 20 years ago on Windows NT 4.0. – Greg Askew Nov 09 '18 at 12:30