Cannot set the password for user connection in Vista Home Basic

My laptop (running Vista SP2) has no password on the user account. Guest account is disabled and my user account is administrator.

I would like to add a password to secure my PC a little more by doing the following:
AutoScan (Vista Orb) > Control Panel > user accounts > create a password for your account
I enter a password to 10 characters. I tried more or less characters, a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers etc, but everything I try I get the following message:

"The password you entered does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity and password history requirements"

Any ideas what to do here? I tried searching online and through this forum but have been unable to find someone who had the same problem, and even less it is solved!

I ran Microsoft Security Essentials software, choose scan "Full". The software found no viruses or malware on my computer, but he did put in quarantine RealVNC (software remote access we use occasionally to work).

I have created a screenshots of system information (to show which operating system I use), the dialogue 'create password for your account' (to show that I am logged on as administrator and to make sure that I do not have the process wrong--always possible!) and the error message "user account control panel.

Computer info here

I also took a screenshot of the thing that MSE found after analysis is complete on my system.

Microsoft Security Essentials here Info

Thank you

Eamon

I solved this problem!

The problem was caused by HP - something that was installed on my laptop security manager because I bought - I never used and had no idea he was running. I discovered this when I decided to upgrade my operating system to Windows 7. I was running a tool to check if the software I had installed is compatible for the upgrade; It turns out that the HP Security Manager is not compatible with W7, and when I uninstalled it I followed a hunch that it might interfere with my account - tried by adding a password and he succeeded!

I was also able to install Sophos and it works properly now.

I've always upgraded to Windows 7 in the end, but it was nice to be able to solve this problem (even if it took me Age to understand!) Hope this helps someone else with a similar problem.

Eamonlaser

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