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Do you keep changing the password back to the same password? &nbsp;It is possible that someone has the password and keeps changing it. &nbsp;If this is not the case, scan your system for a root kit. &nbsp;McAfee and Norton AntiVirus have this scan capability, other virus scanners probably do to.
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Do you keep changing the password back to the same password?  It is possible that someone has the password and keeps changing it.  If this is not the case, scan your system for a root kit.  McAfee and Norton AntiVirus have this scan capability, other virus scanners probably do to.

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At random times, the AD administrator password stops working. We have another administrative account we use to login to the domain and change the administrator password back to something that will work. Within a little while, the administrator password stops working again. <br />
Each time we login under the other administrative account, we reset it, and it will work again for a while.<br />
Any ideas why this may be happening? We don't show anything in the event logs that seems to indicate a problem.<br />
Thanks in advance for your help.
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At random times, the AD administrator password stops working. We have another administrative account we use to login to the domain and change the administrator password back to something that will work. Within a little while, the administrator password stops working again. 
Each time we login under the other administrative account, we reset it, and it will work again for a while.
Any ideas why this may be happening? We don't show anything in the event logs that seems to indicate a problem.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Administrator password stops working

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).