Great Tips. Thanks Tim and Bob, i appreciate the time you took to respond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Turner, Robert D. Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:12 PM Subject: RE: Password Reset in Windows
> We have seen this caused by users not knowing the difference between a > Terminal Services Disconnect, versus logoff. They would disconnect and > leave their session active for days. Eventually, they would change their > password and now the TS session has bad credentials. > > We have also seen some sort of caching going on with Internet Explorer. > Internet Explorer would hit proxy 2.0 servers with bad credentials and lock > the account. > > On some occasions, we found users with AIM or some sort of Weather forecast > utility that would startup as soon as they logged on. It would go out > through proxy to the Internet and lock the account. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 12:59 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Password Reset in Windows > > Ok, so I assume when they log into their laptops, > that they log on with a domain account -- and they > are changing the password at the domain level? > > Is there anything in the event logs for these users -- i.e. > audit authentication failures? > > Also, I know that occasionally I map drives to a server > and check the option to reconnect at logon and to use specify the > username and password to connect with (usually due to needing > to map with another account)... Could there be something like > this that has the account info as well? > > Other than that, I haven't had any new brainstorms yet as to > causes of this... > > Does this happen to everyone when they change their password, > or only some people? I'd start looking into things that the > users have in common and what would be authenticating with > AD that might have old passwords stored.... > > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of g > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 12:54 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Re: Password Reset in Windows > > > Thanks for your help Tim. I had approached the problem from this angle and > didn't get anywhere because my clients are not running services with stored > passwords. If anyone has any suggestions they will like to throw out that > will be great > > Thank you all > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 11:32 AM > Subject: RE: Password Reset in Windows > > > > A similar scenario was just discussed in the last week :) > > > > Make sure that the users do not have any services, etc running > > under their account with stored passwords. If they do, these items > > will eventually exceed the number of retries and lock out the account. > > > > The other post dealt with a backup program with a user's credentials > > stored in it so that every morning the user's account was locked out > > due to the backups (which most likely were failing as well) > > > > -Tim > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lady Chie > > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:31 AM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: Password Reset in Windows > > > > > > Hey Guys > > My first post so please forgive me if this has been covered before. I'm > > running Active Directory and my clients are running windows 2000 pro. When > > they change their passwords and sign in to their pcs, they get > authenticated > > and login okay. After a while they cannot use any network resources > because > > their accounts get locked out. This happens religiously and i was > wondering > > if anybody had any clues as to why it is occuring. > > > > Thanks bunches > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the > use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and > may contain information that is privileged, confidential and > exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > If you have received this communication in error, please > do not distribute and delete the original message. > Please notify the sender by E-Mail at the address shown. > Thank you for your compliance. > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
