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    Have you seen this (over on ServerFault) yet? Why windows 7, “wrong password ” takes long time? I think the answer to 'how to reduce it' is: "You can't, it's a security feature hard-coded into the OS".
    – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
    Commented Aug 23, 2013 at 20:48
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    Those answers are ridiculous. That's not 'quick'. If you can enter a password - even using some computerized keyboard replacement - once every second it would still take you a ridiculous amount of time to brute-force anything. Plus, the delay could be on the 3rd, or 5th, or 10th attempt onwards. ... but regardless of this, none of the answers there says "hard-coded"; plus we're dealing with a delay that's longer than what I experience on other machines.
    – einpoklum
    Commented Aug 23, 2013 at 21:21
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    Sorry you don't like standard security features. Just don't enter bad passwords and you'll be ok. Keyboarding classes? Roboform like password safe?
    – Fiasco Labs
    Commented Aug 24, 2013 at 4:58
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    @FiascoLabs: Thanks for lecturing me, I feel much more enlightened. Now I really like unconfigurable default 'security' features.
    – einpoklum
    Commented Aug 25, 2013 at 15:28
  • You're very welcome! When you find the answer, you can post back and take credit for it. At least you're not hitting an unreasonable password failure lockout. Now that's really annoying. The best is 2 tries and a permanent lockout, with call needed to unlock. Then you know your IT department likes making life a pain.
    – Fiasco Labs
    Commented Aug 25, 2013 at 17:26