take a look at the MS knowledgebase articles, there has been known issues with win2k pro connecting to nt4 servers, and i seem to recall a few of those issues had to do with account lockouts.
Don > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:41 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: NT4 Account keeps getting locked out! > > > > > > > >Network info: > > > >NT 4 server network with W2KPro clients. > > > > > >Situation: > > > >We have a user that keeps getting their NT account locked out > >for reasons that we are not yet aware. Unable to get much info > >from Event Viewer on NT4 servers or W2KPro client. Don't know > >if this is being done by someone intentionally (somewhere on the > >network or from the client's computer) just to give us a hard > >time, or a rouge program somewhere on the network or client's > >computer trying to logon as that > >user. At this time, we are not ruling anyone out, everyone is > >suspect. We have replaced the client's computer (not totally, > >user copied shortcuts and some files back to the new desktop...I > >know, if it was up to me they would not have been allowed to do > >this, but it's not up to me) and the account is still getting > >locked out. We are in the process of creating a new NT account > >for this user and see if it still occurs. > > > > > >Bottom Line: > > > >We need to find out what is causing this account to get locked > >out and prevent it from happening again. > > > > > >Some thoughts: > > > >Is there third party software that will be able to determine > >what is causing this account to get locked out? Some sort of > >sniffing program on the server or the client to find out what > >program is trying to logon with this account and from where? > > > >If this is a user doing this intentionally, what are they doing > >and from where? Are they trying to connect remotely to the > >client�s registry, or to a share on the > >client computer? > > > >Is there third party software that can help? > > > >Any suggestions/recommendations welcome. > > > > > > > >Thanks, > >Jack > > > > > > > >
