Change Reset Account Lockout Counter for Local Accounts in Windows

Change Reset Account Lockout Counter for Local Accounts in Windows #

To Change Reset Account Lockout Counter After for Local Accounts using Local Security Policy #

Step 1: Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type secpol.msc into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Local Security Policy.

Step 2: Navigate to Account Policies and Account Lockout Policy in the left pane of Local Security Policy.

Step 3: In the right pane of Account Lockout Policy, double click/tap on the Reset account lockout counter after policy.

Step 4: Type in a number between 1 and 99999 for the number of minutes you want that must elapse from the time a user fails to sign-in before the failed logon attempt counter is reset to 0, and click/tap on OK.

Note:
Account lockout duration must be greater than or equal to the value of Reset account lockout counter after.
The default setting is 30 minutes.

Step 5: If Account lockout duration is not greater than or equal to the value of Reset account lockout counter after, then click/tap on OK to change Account lockout duration to be equal to the value of Reset account lockout counter after.

Step 6: When finished, you can close the Local Security Policy window if you like.

To Change Reset Account Lockout Counter After for Local Accounts using Command Prompt #

Step 1: Open an elevated command prompt.

Step 2: Enter the command below into the elevated command prompt, press Enter, and make note of the current Lockout observation window (Reset account lockout counter after).

net accounts

Step 3: Enter the command below into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

 net accounts /lockoutwindow:Number