Re: AD account lock
From: Mark Renoden [MSFT] (markreno_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/05/04
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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:18:27 +1100
Hi
How many bad password attempts do you allow? Check out the following for
recommendations:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/security/bpactlck.mspx
What version of Outlook are you using? I have some vague memory of OL2000
being a little persistent when it failed to authenticate. I think this was
changed in OL2000 SP3.
Kind regards
-- Mark Renoden [MSFT] Windows Platform Support Team Email: markreno@online.microsoft.com Please note you'll need to strip ".online" from my email address to email me; I'll post a response back to the group. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "ET" <dumdum@dumdumdum.com> wrote in message news:%23dyookO2EHA.3324@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > For example, a particular user logs in using existing password. A prompt > will say, after enter the password, that the password has expired and > required to change to a new one. Then the process of entering a new > password > the logon process continues and completes with the desktop now loaded. > Then > the user clicks on MS Outlook to check for email and it prompts back a > window asking for user's username, password and domain. Providing all > these > information does not allow the user to go into his / her mailbox. > > Then when checking in AD Users and Computers and found that the user's > account is locked. Unlock it and the user and access his / her mailbox and > subsequently logging on with the new password to the computer. > > Is there some problem with the logon procedure? Or setting in the AD? > > > > "Herb Martin" <news@LearnQuick.com> wrote in message > news:u9nTS%23F2EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> "ET" <dumdum@dumdumdum.com> wrote in message >> news:ua8SylB2EHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> > Hi, >> > >> > Some of our users are having problems when changing passwords. We have > set >> a >> > group policy to have users to change their passwords from time to time. >> > However, some users when changing passwords would have their account >> locked. >> > After the account is unlocked they can use the new password to login. > This >> > happens in users using Windows 2000 as well as XP. >> > >> > Would any of you have idea of what the problem is? >> >> What are the precise circumstances? >> >> Are these Terminal Service users by any chance? >> >> >> -- >> Herb Martin >> >> >> > >> > Thx in advance. >> > >> > >> >> > >
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