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My password is getting locked out approx 2-4 times a day while Im in the office. No one is using my pc, as I am right there. I can be doing anything or nothing, then try yo open Outlook and I am locked out. I then go to the server room and check AD,and sure enough its locked.
I am getting frustrated over this and wonder if anyone has any ideas as to how this can be happening.

Any help would be appreciated and points will be handed out for good ideas, thoughts etc...

TIA
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by joseph moore

Check the Security log in the Event Viewer on your Domain Controller.
IF you are auditing Failed Logon Events, you will have a record of when your account is locking out, from what machine your account is locking out from, and other useful info. The logs will tell you.
Possibly, you have a Service configured on a machine to run using your user name instead of running under the local SYSTEM account. And if this is the case, perhaps your password has changed since this Service was set up to run using your account. The Service would still be running with your old password, and that would cause the lockouts.

But first, check the server logs. IF you don't log stuff, then start, so you can fix this.

hope this helps

by tqp050774vp

This situation happens to me a lot at work when I log on to different workstation for services. Then I changed my password while one of workstation still using my own password. Make sure you log off all workstation before you change your own password and wait sometime for replication on the servers. If you are running servers also, use service acct. for management than your own acct. on your desk. Hope it helps.

by huckleberryhound

You are more than likely still logged into the network from another computer. The easiest way to find the other machine is to turn on netlogon debug logging (this does not use vary many resources and won't slow down your domain controllers).
See Microsoft Knowledge base article Q109626

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q109626

Then, all you have to do is wait a couple of hours then search the netlogon.log file on your domain controllers for the user name that keeps getting locked out. This will tell you the name of the machine that the user is still logged in on.

by tcstech

What services could do this? also, could a term service account maybe cause this?

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