Before You implement this part of the tutorial you will need to have completed Part 1 Part 2 and Part 3 Once you have implemented the previous steps of User Account Lockout there will inevitably come a time when you end up with a user that has locked themselves out of their account and needs […]
Before You implement this part of the tutorial you will need to have completed Part 1 and Part 2. When you set-up user account lockout, it is possible to set the length of time that a user is locked out of the account before more log in attempts are allowed. By default the lockout period […]
Before You implement this part of the tutorial you will need to have completed Part 1 Once you have set up the Audit Policy you will need to set the number of incorrect password attempts that you will allow before activating User Account Lockout. Open the Security Policy Editor as you did for Part 1 […]
Many of us are used to having some sort of limit on the amount of times we can use a password or PIN incorrectly before being locked out, such as our Credit Card PIN, or our online banking password. Too many failed attempts and for security reasons you are locked out until some form of […]
Warning – This tip involves editing the Windows Registry – before you implement this tip please read our guide on the Registry here – you implement this tip at your own risk, Chimpytech cannot be held responsible for any problems you encounter from editing your Registry. As any seasoned user of Windows 7 will know, […]
Warning – This tip involves editing the Windows Registry – before you implement this tip please read our guide on the Registry here – you implement this tip at your own risk, Chimpytech cannot be held responsible for any problems you encounter from editing your Registry. The Windows 7 Legal Notice is one of the […]
Warning – This tip involves editing the Windows Registry – before you implement this tip please read our guide on the Registry here – you implement this tip at your own risk, Chimpytech cannot be held responsible for any problems you encounter from editing your Registry. In Windows 7 the amount of time that the […]
Many of the tips (or ‘hacks’) we cover on this site involve the modification of the Windows Registry, but many people are unsure of what the Windows Registry actually is, and how it works. Before messing around with the Windows Registry we suggest reading and understanding this guide first, especially the section on backing up […]