Reading the local password policy programmatically

Question

Are there Windows API functions that allows reading what the current password policy is? For instance, minimum length, complexity etc.

If not reading, is there a wa

Answer 1

Eugene's answer is helpful, but not quite what I needed. The password complexity filter can actually be customized, and what would be good would be a way of asking Windows, does this password meet the requirements?

It took me a while to locate it, but the function is NetValidatePasswordPolicy. The MSDN docs for this function are awful; check out this MSDN blog entry instead.