Changing the Default Interval for User Tokens in IIS

Internet Information Server (IIS) has a default delay of 15 minutes before users tokens are updated. For example, if you change the password on a user account, you will be able to connect to the server with both the old password and the new password.

For performance reasons, user tokens are cached by IIS and updated at 15 minute intervals.

The token cache can be refreshed manually by stopping and restarting ALL of the IIS services (Gopher, FTP, and WWW). For performance reasons, this is the preferred method if updates are infrequent.

The default interval for the token cache can also be changed in the Microsoft Windows registry.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.

1. Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe or Regedit.exe).
2. From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following key:
   \System\CurrentControlSet\Services\InetInfo\Parameters
3. Click Add Value on the Edit menu, and add the following:
   Value Name: UserTokenTTL
   Data Type: REG_DWORD
   Data: (Number of Seconds for token to be cached - 30 sec. Min)
   Note For IIS version 4.0, the minimum value is 30 seconds. For IIS 5.0, the minimum value is 1 second. If you set the value to 0, the minimum value will be used instead.
   
   For IIS 6.0, the minimum value is 0. If this value is set to 0, TTL-based flushing of tokens is disabled. When TTL-based flushing is disabled, user tokens remain cached until either IIS is restarted or the worker process is recycled.
4. Restart IIS Admin and dependent services.