Wednesday, June 4, 2014

How to Set an Account Lockout Threshold in Windows 8

Some of you may wonder why it is necessary to set account lockout threshold in the computer. Actually, the threshold is closely related with the number of login. Simply speaking, if it is not set to a specific value which is larger than its default one (i.e. zero), you can try to log in an encrypted computer as many times as you want. However, what will happen if other people would like to access your password-protected computer without your agreement? They might have a chance to find out the right password after a lot of login attempts. Therefore, it is indispensable to set the threshold and this article will particularly illustrate how to set account lockout threshold in Windows 8 computer.


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