This security setting determines whether the builtin Administrator account is subject to account lockout policy - AllowAdministratorLockout

Information

This security setting determines whether the builtin Administrator account is subject to account lockout policy.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Policy Path: Account Lockout Policies
Policy Setting Name: Allow Administrator account lockout

See Also

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-baselines/security-baseline-for-windows-server-2025-version-2602/4496468

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-7a.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 6e59bb29d2961d1a799c8ac2019a29baada79d480d5c0379e6e6ac0fde64adc2