Cant login VM on hosted cloud "user account has been locked because there were too many login attempts"
We recently encountered a recurring issue and wanted to share our resolution steps with the community. Issue: Despite restarting the environment from both the Azure portal and LCS and resetting the password for the builtin\Admin user, we faced a persistent issue. Whenever we logged in using the builtin\Admin account, the problem remained. Solution: Here’s how we resolved it: Log in with an Alternate Account : Open RDP using the builtin\User account. Run Command Prompt as Admin : Open the Command Prompt with administrative privileges using the same credentials provided in LCS. Modify Local Computer Policy : Run the following command to open the Local Group Policy Editor: gpedit.msc Navigate to: Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Account Lockout Policy . Change the value of Account lockout threshold to 0 . Click Apply and OK . In the Command Prompt, run: gpupdate /force · Update Group Policy and Unlo