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Account Passwords and Policies: Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and the Windows Server 2003 Family

Overview Password and account lockout settings are designed to protect accounts and data in your organization by mitigating the threat of brute force guessing of account passwords. Settings in the Account Lockout and Password Policy nodes of the Default Domain policy settings enable account lockout and control how account lockout operates. This white paper describes how these settings affect account lockout and makes some general recommendations for configuring and troubleshooting account lockout issues.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	November 2004	Downloads	6
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Management, Windows XP, Windows NT - 2000 - 2003

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