I’ve got this recurring problem.
1) A user changes their password on their XP pc connected to a W2003 domain, usually prompted by a Group Policy.
2) The user gets locked out of domain resources, loses all mapped drives, account locked out etc.
The user has a “Stored username & password” on their pc. It did not automatically synchronize with the new password. Locking and unlocking the computer does not synchronize password at this point.
To recover I:
1) Delete stored credentials
2) Unlock domain account on server
3) Reboot pc
4) User can finally log in
…but this is a big pain and causes the user downtime and a support incident. The problem is intermittent yet ongoing enough to be a head ache.
Anyone else see this issue or have a solution? Or know why the password does not synch automatically?
They have about 7 mapped drives (inherited this). Perhaps explore.exe is trying to access the mapped drives, failing 3X, locking domain account etc. before the synch has a chance to happen?
Any help insight would be helpful!