Why on Windows 7 does “wrong password” take a long time to appear

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Why does it take a long time for Windows 7 to show the failed login message when the wrong password is entered when it almost instantaneously lets you login if the password is correct?

Is it only me who is seeing this behavior?

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It is mainly to prevent quick brute forcing of passwords.

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^C
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