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Windows locked me out with the correct password – worked again after a restart
I turned on my laptop today and was hit with a Windows message saying: “The referenced account is currently locked out and may not be logged on to.” I entered my usual password—which I'm absolutely s...
The error message appears when the system detects a number of failed sign-in attempts that exceeds the set "Account lockout threshold" . This is the "10 failed sign-in attempts" by default.