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The password isn't correct. Be careful -- if you keep entering the wrong password, Windows will automatically restart to help protect your data.

Ehtesham Ahmad 11 Reputation points
2023-01-15T10:07:21.6733333+00:00

Dear Team

After 3 attempts of wrong password have receiving this message "The password isn't correct. Be careful -- if you keep entering the wrong password, Windows will automatically restart to help protect your data." and if I put the wrong password then system to be restarted.

Please guide me how to remove the setting from group policy.

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  1. Ehtesham Ahmad 11 Reputation points
    2023-01-15T11:10:16.0933333+00:00

    Hi @Vinodh247 ,

    Thanks for your reply.

    I followed the URL before and change has been done in the group policy settings, but issue remain same after many times restarted the system.

    Thanks once again.

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  2. Vinodh247 34,826 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-15T10:57:37.1833333+00:00

    Hi

    Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

    Pls refer to the below link, there's a resolved answer.

    [https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/3b312d3e-a7e7-4d9e-822f-5daec86d7418/windows-2012r2-server-automatically-restarts-when-entering-the-wrong-password

    Please Upvote and Accept as answer if the reply was helpful, this will be helpful to other community members.

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  3. rr-4098 2,051 Reputation points
    2023-01-18T14:07:21.99+00:00

    What OS is the device running? Also is it physical or virtual? What does the event log say around the time of the server reboot?

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  4. Ehtesham Ahmad 11 Reputation points
    2023-01-22T08:55:14.4266667+00:00

    Dear @rr-4098 ,

    Thanks for reply,

    The OS is Windows 10 and It is physical but issue remain same. I didn't find such logs file in the event log

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