Log on attempts before lock out

[Dave]

Good morning folks,
My computer had recently been hacked and compromised. I
had several users logging onto the internet using my dsl
account. I am the sole owner/administrator, and this is a
private home using windows xp home edition. I have changed
my passwords and done a complete reinstall. Hopefully that
is sufficient to clean out the nest of hackers I had using
my system (if there is something else I can do, please let
me know your thoughts.)
My question is, how can I configure the security log on
attempts to a number that will automatically lock out any
hackers. Say I want the number of attempts before lockout
to be three. Can Someone tell me how I set those
configurations. I assume it is something to do with the
event viewer tab, but I can find nothing that looks like
what I need to do to set those parameters.
Thanks very much for your expert reply

 

[Wayne Wengert]

Is your computer connected directly to the DSL line or is there a router/hub
in the path? If so, what kind (wireless?)

Wayne

 

[Dave]

I am conncected directly to the dsl line.

-----Original Message-----
Is your computer connected directly to the DSL line or is there a router/hub
in the path? If so, what kind (wireless?)

Wayne




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