Re: How to allow a user to unlock user accts from XP box?

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Just to close the programatically part of this thread. There is a very
simple snipit of script to do this on scriptcenter. Worked quite well on my
dev/test domain.

/kj
"Tammy" <Tammy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9D8FEA03-1B21-48C0-AC94-C322DA04C1C2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for your help and pointing out those admin tools to me. I've
> already
> downloaded them but for my use right now. :-)
>
>
> "/kj" wrote:
>
>> If you really want to handle it using this approach, then install the
>> admin
>> tools on the users XP SP1+ workstation and delagate the user the
>> permissions
>> to reset the account lockout.
>>
>> It can be done programatically and with .net 2.0 a little easier. Someone
>> with good scripting skills could do this for you or perhaps already have.
>> Check in the scripting newsgroups or "ScriptCenter".
>>
>> /kj
>> "Tammy" <Tammy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:91453DE7-D05C-4605-ADEB-076E0187114F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > We are using SBS2003 Premium (no SP1) in a small office with approx 14
>> > workstations running Windows XP Pro SP2.
>> >
>> > I believe my question is simple :-)
>> >
>> > When myself, or our developer are not available, and a user account is
>> > locked they have to wait until either one of us are available to unlock
>> > the
>> > account. We want to provide this capability to a designated user in
>> > the
>> > office but I was hoping they could do this task from their workstation,
>> > as
>> > opposed to the server. I could provide them instructions for how to do
>> > on
>> > the server (in Server Management) but really do not want them on there
>> > for
>> > obvious reasons.
>> >
>> > Any tips on how to accomplish this? User accounts are configured to
>> > lockout
>> > after 10 failed attempts so this will not happen very often but still
>> > would
>> > be handy.
>> >
>> > Thanks so much in advance!
>> > Tammy
>>
>>
>>


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