I looked at the WinXP link, and it seems very unclear. :-) In the first paragraph:
<quote> Determines the number of times a user can log on to a Windows domain using cached account information. </quote> In the second paragraph: <quote> This setting determines the number of unique users for which logon information is cached locally. </quote> So, which is it? The number of users, or the number of times a user can logon? Your test seems to indicate the latter. However the hope that "Microsoft can be deemed authoritative" seems misplaced in that Microsoft doesn't seem to know! (or does know, but they're not telling!) In a similar vein: the Windows 2000 document is titled: "Number of previous logons to cache", which would indicate the number of successful logons to cache locally (to allow to be reused later on). It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the number of logons that the machine should allow if the DC is not available. Cheers Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "Rick Kingslan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Number of Interactive Logons And the correct answer is..... Not correct. Look at this: (because the way that I wavered this morning - I'm not realiable) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gp/579.asp <--- Windows 2000 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn ol/winxppro/proddocs/579.asp < --- Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn ol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/standard/579.asp <--- Windows 2003 Please let this resolve this and close off this thread. I'm hoping that Microsoft can be deemed authoritative. Oh, and by the way - I tried this, David. I login 10 times, and it tells me that, basically, I can't login anymore because a DC cannot be contacted on the 11th try. I have 11 dummy users (hmmmm... Maybe I'm the dummy user.) and each of the 11 get 10 attempts and are denied on the 11th. Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
