SP4 and n-2 password protection?

From: Scott (spauseREMOVETHIS_at_excite.com)
Date: 06/28/03 

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:16:04 -0700

There was some ammount of advertising earlier this year
regarding a new capability coming with SP4 and Windows
2003 called N-2 password protection. It was designed to
protect accounts from being locked out from there last
two valid passwords.

This is a critical feature that my company desperately
needs. There is ZERO documentation regarding the
inclusion of this and other related fixes in SP4.

Could someone at MS please assist with tracking this
down? It would also be highly advised to post this
information in the SP4 Readme if it is included as this
changes account lockout behavior and could be unexpected.

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