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by 12eagles 1 view

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Does anyone know of a way to edit the default login message that says "Your account has been locked out. Please contact your administrator." I would like to add a line to this that says the account will unlock automatically in 15 minutes. When our night shift is here and no one at the help desk is available sometimes they get locked out and don't realize they can try again in 15 minutes. Any help is appriciated.

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by rob miners

but this can be added to the PC's. It will let them know as they logon. Modify it to suit yor needs and save it as a .reg. Add it to the PC's.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

"LegalNoticeCaption"="Important Information"
"LegalNoticeText"="Your Account will Lock you out for 15 minutes after a faild Logon Attempt. Please wait for 15 Minutes and try agan."

If you have win2003 it can be applied through Group Policy.

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