How to change "Invalid Login Messages"

From: fjalbuena (fjalbuena_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/29/05 

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:38:01 -0700

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how, if it is possilbe, to change the message displayed
to the user when he logs in incorrectly? For example, when a user enters
the wrong password he gets the message: "The Password is Incorrect. Type the
Pas..... ".
I want to change this message to only display something like "Invalid Logon
Attempt". So that the user, who might be a hacker trying to break into an
account, will not know if he got only the user-id wrong or the password wrong
or both.

Thanks for any help regarding this. I think its a security issue when the
operating system gives hints that the username is correct and only the
password is wrong.

Thanks again.

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