Why does the login check take longer if the password is wrong?
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Mar 15, 20264133 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Possible Duplicate: Why would an incorrect password attempt take a lot longer to process than a correct one? I noticed that when starting Windows and being prompted for a password, if you enter the right password it logs in right away, but if the entered credentials are wrong, you have to wait seve…
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Fix for: Why does the login check take longer if the password is wrong?
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To slow down the rate at which you can guess wrong passwords. By default this is Windows only protection from you brute forcing the password.
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