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Account locked out - logged in somewhere else?
Posted by stokefan@gmail.com on October 20th, 2005


Hi,

My NT account on my domain is constantly locked out, I believe I could
possibly be logged in somewhere else and have changed my password on
another Windows session.

Maybe I could be logged into an application somewhere else on the
network too, and have checked a "remember my password" box somewhere,
or logged onto a computer with Remote Desktop Connection. I've tried
changing my password back to what I thought it used to be, although I'm
not sure I got the right one.

My question is - is there any way I can find where I'm locked out?

Posted by Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) on October 20th, 2005


stokefan@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My NT account on my domain is constantly locked out, I believe I could
> possibly be logged in somewhere else and have changed my password on
> another Windows session.
>
> Maybe I could be logged into an application somewhere else on the
> network too, and have checked a "remember my password" box somewhere,
> or logged onto a computer with Remote Desktop Connection. I've tried
> changing my password back to what I thought it used to be, although I'm
> not sure I got the right one.
>
> My question is - is there any way I can find where I'm locked out?
>

Hi,

Account Lockout and Management Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

and

Troubleshooting account lockout problems in Windows Server 2003, in
Windows 2000, and in Windows NT 4.0
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315585


You should also read the two following chapters

"Troubleshooting Account Lockout"
"Account Lockout Tools"

here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../bpactlck.mspx




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Posted by Bruce Chambers on October 21st, 2005


stokefan@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My NT account on my domain is constantly locked out, I believe I could
> possibly be logged in somewhere else and have changed my password on
> another Windows session.
>
> Maybe I could be logged into an application somewhere else on the
> network too, and have checked a "remember my password" box somewhere,
> or logged onto a computer with Remote Desktop Connection. I've tried
> changing my password back to what I thought it used to be, although I'm
> not sure I got the right one.
>
> My question is - is there any way I can find where I'm locked out?
>



Ask the network administrator. He should have the means of determining
exactly who is logged in to each and every machine on his domain.


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