Unable to change password on Local Admin account, password not complex enough?

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I am trying to change the password on a local administrator account (Admin) on a Windows 11 Pro box that is domain joined. When initially installing the OS, I used a common password since I knew I would have to reboot multiple times, and didn't want to have to type a 32 character randomly generated password every time.Now that the machine is AD joined, I logged in with the AD administrator account to cache it's credentials. I am now trying to change the password of the local "Admin" account to something more secure in case it is ever needed in the future.I log in with the local Admin account,

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