Re: account locked out

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 05/31/05


Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:51:13 +0200

Robert wrote:

> All,
>
> My domain account was locked out frequently.
> So I want to find out how this occurred?
> I can log on to DC, please tell me how to find any clew from Event Viewer?
> how can i find which one try to use my account to log on? or if I can find
> what caused that account locked out.
> Many thanks.
Hi,

Account Lockout Status (LockoutStatus.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d1a5ed1d-cd55-4829-a189-99515b0e90f7&DisplayLang=en

Overview
Account Lockout Status (LockoutStatus.exe) is a combination
command-line and graphical tool that displays lockout information
about a particular user account. LockoutStatus collects
information from every contactable domain controller in the target
user account's domain.

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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