Account has been locked out

[Guest]

I recently inherited responsibility of a PC with XP Pro installed. One of the
challenges I am facing is that the default reset time for "account has been
locked out" has been locked out and requires the administrator (me) to unlock.

How do I reset this to a 15 minute default reset time instead?

 

[Marian Gutu]

You'll have to edit the group policy (GPO). start, run, "gpedit.msc".
navigate to windows settings, security settings, account policies, account
lockout and change the values...

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Marian Gutu

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[Guest]

looks like it worked, thanx

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Click Start and then click Help and Support. In the Search box, type: account lockout , click Start searching, then click on the
topic titled: "Edit Local Security Settings".

Note: you must log on as the Administrator to accomplish this.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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| I recently inherited responsibility of a PC with XP Pro installed. One of the
| challenges I am facing is that the default reset time for "account has been
| locked out" has been locked out and requires the administrator (me) to unlock.
|
| How do I reset this to a 15 minute default reset time instead?