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You can change the default behavior of the 'Sign me in automatically' check box to checked by setting the 'Checked' attribute of the <CheckBox /> control to 'True'. This can be done by editing the check box control on the SharePoint login page (typically found in the '12...

Hi, We'd like to default the checkbox on the login page for users accessing our website to be checked. Is this possible? Thanks, in advance, Alyssa

This is a common task when setting up FBA and/or ExCM. If is best practice to not edit existing WSS or MOSS files. The best way to change the login page for an FBA site is to navigate to the layouts directory found in the SharePoint 12 hive... C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server...

Will the user's account automatically unlock after the set time of the passwordAttemptWindow attribute? It appears that when a user attempts too many invalid logins (10), the account is still locked out after 10 minutes. I'm assuming that passwordAttemptWindow="10" means 10 minutes...

As mentioned in the previous post you can edit the register.aspx page to hide the question/answer section. This can be done by placing a <div style="display:none" /> tag around the question/answer section. If you need assistance please send an e-mail to softwaresupport@sharepointsolutions...

Yes, have a look at the <forms /> tag in your web.config file. Here is Microsoft's documentation pertaining to this element... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1d3t3c61.aspx The slidingExpiration and timeout attributes can be used to modify the length of an allowed login.

I tried to look through the other posts; I thought I had seen and answer to this once else before. Is there a way to extend the amount of time that one is logged on by default, to say around 30 minutes?

We customized default FBA login page so some Session variables are assigned to users. The problem is, when ‘ Log me in automatically ’ is turned on, users bypass login page and Session variables are not populated, but we need them later in other parts of Sharepoint sites. Is there any ExCM API available...

1.) Can ExCM's FBA be configured to point to Active Directory (i.e. external user hits site, enters username/pw of their AD account in the web-based form, and is authenticated)? 2.) All the documentation I have seen indicates that FBA pointing towards a SQL store is advisable over AD when working...

We've launched a few sites with ExCM and feedback indicates we need to make a few changes to the registration and login pages. Before we move ahead with that, what advice and cautionary tales should we be aware of? Thanks!