Require lowercase letters
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > PIN Complexity
Supported on
At least Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT

Use this policy setting to configure the use of lowercase letters in the PIN. If you enable this policy setting, Windows requires the user to include at least one lowercase letter in their PIN. If you disable this policy setting, Windows does not allow the user to include lowercase letters in their PIN. If you do not configure this policy setting, Windows allows, but does not require, lowercase letters in the PIN.

Internal name
MSPassport_LowercaseLetters
Policy ID
6943d6dbaeed
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PassportForWork\PINComplexity
Value name
LowercaseLetters
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
2
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PassportForWork\PINComplexity
Value name
LowercaseLetters
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
2

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.