Go to http://www.sysinternals.com and grab the PSTools package (free). It contains an app called PSLoggedon that will query all active machines in the domain and show you if that user is logged on anywhere else. That really is what this sounds like to me.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: John Balos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:04 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: help with windows lockouts > > > Yea, I've been there. I know what you talking about. But this problem > seems different actually. This user will be working fine in > outlook, he > can access his network drives with no problem and he can shut down how > system. The first thing that happens to him in the morning is that his > account is locked out. And then again, he can take a short break and > come back (and I asked him to exit outlook and try logging > into outlook > again) and he wasn't able to. I then asked him to log off and log back > on and obviously his account was locked. ???? I don't know. > > I saved his security event log and I'm reviewing it, and I can trace > back event ids' 529, 539 and a few others as far back as > 1/10/2003. This > is where I'm at as of now, trying to understand what exactly > is causing > this account lock out. It could always be someone trying to > get in with > his user name & password, but I kind of doubt that that's what it is. > There is some kind of authentication or program usage, or > something....??? That is causing this. I don't know. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:43 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Re: help with windows lockouts > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 03:24:08PM -0800, John Balos said: > > Hello, I have a user who's account is constantly being > locked out. We > > are in a windows XP/Server 2000 env. Can anyone help out? > > We experience this problem with users who use E-Mail checking > software, > or > are too idiotic to realize that when Outlook's asking them for a > password, > it's because they changed it today. > > The software package that used to be popular around here (called > SimpleCheck) is designed to notify you when you have mail and put up a > list > of the new messages on your screen. It didn't, however, > notify you that > your password was being rejected. Once a user changed their password, > SimpleCheck would continue checking for email every 'n' > minutes and was > rejected each time. The more freqently these checks were > rejected, the > more frequently a user got locked out. > > Secondly, many users are just too simple to realize that > Outlook stores > passwords. If they select the 'Remember Password' option, then are > forced > to change their password down the track, they are continually > challeneged > when checking their email until they reset their password in the > dialogue > box. Some users just keep pressing enter over and over again > expecting > it > to work, and eventually locking themselves out. > > It is amazing the amount of times I get someone ringing me saying they > can't check their email and I say to them "Have you changed your > password > today?" > > The response is often "Yes." > > -- > Adam Smith > Information Technology Officer > SAGE Automation Ltd. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sageautomation.com > > ------ > 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 PROTECTED]
