Actually, I found this morning from talking with someone in IT that there was an extra "step" that was not given to me a few months ago when I was first told about the SQL password policy.
You have to put a special character in the password. Again, I was not aware of this until today due to that "piece" not being in my instructions.
Thank you, to all of you who chimed in! I apologize, for the bother.
John