Problem with Local Password Policy

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I have a stand alone windows 2000 workstation with SP4 that I am trying to
set up a password policy to not allow blank passwords. I went into local
security policy and set minimum password length to 8 and that works when I
try to create a user with a blank password using computer management, but if
I create a user from user accounts in control panel it allows me to create
the user with no password. How can I restrict users with a blank password?
Thanks in advance. I'm trying to get this workstation certified by the
government for classified use.