MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

Lesson 2 Configuring Account Policies
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Table 16-2 explains the settings available in Account Lockout Policy.
Table 16-2 Account Lockout Policy Settings
Setting Description
Account Lockout
Duration
Account Lockout
Threshold
Reset Lockout
Counter After
Practice: Configuring Account Policies
The value you enter for this setting indicates the number of minutes that
the account is locked out. A value of 0 indicates that the user account is
locked out indefinitely until an administrator unlocks the user account.
You can set the value from 0 to 99,999 minutes. (The maximum value of
99,999 minutes is approximately 69.4 days.)
The value you enter for this setting is the number of invalid logon
attempts before the user account is locked out from logging on to the
computer. A value of 0 indicates that the account will not be locked out,
no matter how many invalid logon attempts are made. You can set the
range of values from 0 to 999 attempts.
The value you enter for this setting is the number of minutes to wait
before resetting the account lockout counter. You can set the range of
values from 1 to 99,999 minutes.
In this practice you configure the Account Policy settings for your computer, and then
test them to make sure that you set them correctly.
Exercise 1: Configure Minimum Password Length
In this exercise, you configure the minimum password length, one of the Account Policy
settings for your computer. You then test the minimum password length to confirm
that it was correctly configured.
1. Log on with an account that is a member of the Administrators group.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. In the Control Panel window, click Performance And Maintenance.
4. In the Performance And Maintenance window, click Administrative Tools.
5. In the Administrative Tools window, double-click Local Security Policy.
6. In the Local Security Settings window, expand Account Policies, and then click
Password Policy.
7. In the details pane, right-click Minimum Password Length, and then click Properties.
Windows XP Professional displays the Minimum Password Length Properties dialog
box.