Setup The Number Of Logon Attempts In Vista For More Security

A great way to secure your computer is to setup an Account Lockout Policy in Vista. This way there will be only a certain number tries at your password before the account is locked out for a set period of time. I believe this tip will only work in Vista Business and Ultimate, but let me know if I’m wrong.

Lets get started:

1. Click the Start Orb > All Programs > Administrative Tools.
2. Click Local Security Policy.
3. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
4. Double click Account Policies.
5. Click Account Lockout Policy.
6. In the details pane, double click Account lockout threshold.
7. Set the value to the number of failed logon attempts you want to allow, then click Ok.
8. The Suggested Value Changes dialog box will appear. then click OK to accept the default values.
9. If you want to change the default values of the lockout time, double click Account Lockout Duration and change the settings, click Ok when finished.
10. You can also adjust the Account Lockout counter the same way.

Now if someone tries and fails to logon to your computer for the set number of times they will be Locked out for the specified time.

SCREEN SHOTS:

1. Click the Start Orb > All Programs > Administrative Tools.
2. Click Local Security Policy.

3. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.

4. Double click Account Policies.
5. Click Account Lockout Policy.
6. In the details pane, double click Account lockout threshold.

7. Set the value to the number of failed logon attempts you want to allow, then click Ok.

8. The Suggested Value Changes dialog box will appear. then click OK to accept the default values.

9. If you want to change the default values of the lockout time, double click Account Lockout Duration and change the settings,

10. You can also adjust the Account Lockout counter the same way.

Now if someone tries and fails to logon to your computer for the set number of times they will be Locked out for the specified time.

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