A small command limits the Windows logon attempts
Because there is Windows 7, and Windows 8 an unlimited number of login attempts, for example, is it for family members is quite possible, the correct password by trial and error to figure out. As a result, the password is not suitable for use alone, under certain circumstances, as a parental control.
- By means of a small command, you can feed the wild to Try, however, an effective latch.
- After you have logged in as an Administrator, enter in the command line of the Windows start menu the following command: "net accounts /lockoutthreshold:X". The "X" at the end of the command serves only as a placeholder, instead, where you specify the number of permitted failed attempts.
- You want to allow for example, only two login attempts, the corresponding command: "net accounts /lockoutthreshold:2".
- Then someone has to try two fail at the Windows login that is locked out of the computer for thirty minutes.
- Do you have a Windows Professional or Business Version, you have some options. So, you can try the reclaim time, after the login in the menu "properties of the account lockout threshold" setting. In addition, you can also see the failed login attempts log. The Option "logon attempts" to find monitor under "management" in the "Local security settings".
- Tip: you Should exclude the logon-lock itself too often, you can limit the login attempts, of course, you can undo. To do this, enter the same command again and replace, in our case, the "2" by a "0". Then, you have to try again, unlimited login.
Windows Logon Attempts
Would you like to for safety during a short absence under Windows the lock screenis easily possible.
