Account Lock Out

I have got some systems runing on Windows XP Home, and was wondering if you can make the account in-active after a user has entered the password wrong after a certin amount of times?

WARNING: Incorrectly editing the registry can have unpredictable outcomes,
including not being able to boot your computer. Use this information at
your own risk and expense. If you're not certain of what you're doing,
leave well enough alone.

Yes, it is possible. Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM\SAM

Right click on this subkey and select Permissions. Highlight the
Administrators entry and give it Full Control, then click OK. Press the F5
key to refresh the display. You'll see that the second SAM subkey can now
be expanded. Now continue down to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM\SAM\Domains\Account

In the right pane locate the F value. This is a Binary value, so it will
look strange. Right click the F value and select Modify. In the dialog
that opens, look for the line that's numbered 0050. It should look like
this:

0050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 . . . . . . . .

The fifth set of 00 number is the one you need to change. Left click with
the mouse between the 4th and 5th 00 set. Press DEL once. Then type in the
number of attempts that you want for the account. Note, this is a
Hexadecimal number, not decimal.

1 = 01
2 = 02
.......
10 = 0A
11 = 0B
12 = 0C
...........

Click Ok to save the value, then reboot the machine.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Ross" <HelpDesk@computer-tips.info> wrote in message
news:E26FDEAC-B3E0-4AF9-A555-290590521601@microsoft.com...
> I have got some systems runing on Windows XP Home, and was wondering if
you can make the account in-active after a user has entered the password
wrong after a certin amount of times?