Re: Windows 2000 user login

From: Scott Cadwell (scottcadwell75@hotmail.com)
Date: 03/27/03

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    From: "Scott Cadwell" <scottcadwell75@hotmail.com>
To: bwright@ny.whitecase.com, security-basics@securityfocus.com
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:18:32 -0500

    Do you know if he has hard booted his computer? As are probably already
    aware, if a user doesn't reboot from time to time, they may not get the
    "your password will change..." messages.

    Scott

    >From: "Wright, Bill" <bwright@ny.whitecase.com>
    >To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    >Subject: Windows 2000 user login
    >Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:16:38 -0500
    >
    >I have never posted to this board, so hopefully I'm following the right
    >procedures. My issue is that a user's account keeps getting locked out due
    >to an aggressive password policy (30 days) and he claims that he isn't
    >logged into multiple machines nor is he fat fingering his password. Is
    >anybody aware of a product to find out where or how many Windows 2000
    >servers or workstations a user is logged into? My thinking is that he's
    >logged into multiple machines under an old password that keeps locking him
    >out.
    >
    >Thanks,
    >Bill
    >
    >
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