Re: Account lockout every hour

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Paul Williams [MVP] wrote:
You need to find out what is running under TCPSRVS.EXE. Once you can get this info., you can identify what is configured to use your credentials. If you've checked the services, it could be DCOM or an application such as DHCP.

Thank youy for your time Paul!

How could I get this info about tcpsvcs?

We don't use DCOM (ok, so I believe...) and I don't remember saving my credentials on some dialog (I don't generally do that...).
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