Lab Objective:
Learn how lock accounts due to incorrect passwords.
Lab Purpose:
Your work security policy may require users to be locked out if they fail to correctly enter their password a set number of times.
Lab Tool:
Windows 10 Pro (or higher)
Lab Topology:
Please use the following topology to complete this lab exercise:
Lab Walkthrough:
Task 1:
In the search bar, type ‘secpol.msc’.
Task 2:
Navigate to ‘Account Policies – Account Lockout Policy’.
Double-click on ‘Account lockout threshold’.
Task 3:
The default setting for lockout is 0 which means “never lockout”. The values can range from 0-999.
Set the value to 3.
Task 4:
You will be given suggested values for lockout duration and reset counter as shown.
Task 5:
Optional.
You can change the lockout duration if you wish.
I set it to one minute.
You can log out.
And enter the incorrect password three times to trigger a lockout.
My security settings triggered the password hints.
After one minute, I could log in normally.
Notes:
