And the error generally means that the secure channel between the machine and the domain controller has failed.
-----Original Message----- From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Machine name with $ sign as username That's the computer account in the domain. When the computer needs to authenticate, that's the account it uses ------Original Message------ From: Sharie Breaux To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Machine name with $ sign as username Sent: 9 Apr 2012 18:59 What program or sevice uses the machine name with a dollar sign as the username? Background: I have a Small Business Server 2003 machine that is not our domain controller. It is our mail server. In the event viewer under the Security tab, there is a failure audit being logged every 30 minutes; Event ID 529; Logon Process: NtLmSsp This is being caused by my machine (Windows 7 Pro) with the username as [machine name]$ How do I troubleshoot this? What other information do you need to help me? Thanks in advance! Sharie ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ---Blackberried ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin