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Server 2008 accounts keep getting locked out.

I am having continual and repettative account lockouts on 2 different locations on 2 different domain controllers (without a domain trust in place) .

I need to know if there is a way to determine the source of the problem. i.e what machine is attempting logon with the wrong password etc.

i am finding that even the master domain account is being locked as well.

As a matter of fact one time it was EVERY account on one of the DC's except my own personal account.
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Have you checked the security section of the event log?
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yes. i dont see anything obvious. it only showed one machine fail and it was using the old server address and not the new one. But that does not explain the other accounts being locked out as well.

It appears to only be Domain Admin accounts being locked out.

Any other ideas?
In the security log you should be able to find information about unsuccessful logins. In some of these log-entries you can find the source address of the request.
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