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thank you , I just didnt think about where I had to make that change, thanks for tweaking my brain
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For some reason when I go into the microsoft local computer console and bring up the Account lockout duration properties, the timed lockout is greyed out and I cannot change it. The same applies for the Account Lockout threshold properties. I need to turn this off. <br />
The old system admin has left our employ and I am not totally sure how the Group policies are set up around here.<br />
We are running win2k3 server sp2, it is running our backup DC, also running dns, and our a/v console 
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For some reason when I go into the microsoft local computer console and bring up the Account lockout duration properties, the timed lockout is greyed out and I cannot change it. The same applies for the Account Lockout threshold properties. I need to turn this off. 
The old system admin has left our employ and I am not totally sure how the Group policies are set up around here.
We are running win2k3 server sp2, it is running our backup DC, also running dns, and our a/v console 

thank you , I just didnt think about where I had to make that change, thanks for tweaking my brain

cannot remove check to turn off account lockout

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