Windows7 - Enable Account Lockout After Multiple Failed Login Attempts

Written by Don P. Ferguson

Thursday, 21 May 2009 21:25

Account lockout is a feature of password security in Windows 2000 and later that disables a user account when a certain number of failed logons occur due to wrong passwords within a certain interval of time. The purpose behind account lockout is to prevent attackers from brute-force attempts to guess a user's password--too many bad guess and you're locked out.

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Anthony

|2009-06-11 18:38:17

Wow. This is great. We needed to do this in our small insurance agency.
This guide has really came in handy. A tip to others because its not really clear: You can print these guides.
The Print icon appears if you click the little arrow in the top right corner of the
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