How to restrict the number of login attempts in Windows 7

Posted Date: 23-Mar-2011	Category: Tips & Tricks	Rating:
Author: Raghav	Member Level: Gold	Points: 20

Most of the services in internet which require logging into the site normally have a specified number of invalid login attempts allowed after which you will not be allowed to login. This is helpful to prevent a hacker to guess your password. This article gives some information on how to restrict the number of login attempts in Windows 7.

How to restrict the number of login attempts in Windows 7

We all know that many of the web services will allow you a limited number of login attempts to login into the site. Normally there will be a certain number of consecutive invalid login attempts after which you will not be allowed to login into the site further. This feature is helpful to prevent hackers to guess the passwords and try to login into the site. This kind of restriction is normally found in websites like sites related to banking transactions where money transactions are involved.

Method of restricting number of login attempts in Windows 7

You can restrict the number of invalid login attempts in Windows 7 with the help of Local Security Policy. The Local Security Policy is available only in Windows 7 Professional or above versions. Here is a procedure on how to restrict the number of login attempts in Windows 7.

Type 'Local Security Policy' in the search box in the start menu as shown below and press enter.

Select Local Security Policy.

Now in the left hand side pane, you have to select 'Account Lockout Policy' under Account policies as shown below and double click on 'Account Lockout Threshold'

In the right pane, now you will see three options - 'Account lockout duration', 'Account lockout threshold', and 'Reset account lockout counter after'.

Now you select 'Account lockout threshold' and double click on it.

Now you will see another window of Account lockout threshold properties where you can select the number of invalid login attempts.

Here you can select the number of invalid login attempts after which your computer will lock out and click on OK button. See a screen shot below.

Now Windows will notify you that Account lockout duration and Reset account lockout counter will be set to default values. You can choose default values of
change them later on. Click OK.

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