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Domain account keeps getting locked out

I'm a Domain Admin. Last week I had to have a user unlock a server at a remote location that was logged in as me because I wasn't able to access the server. So I changed my domain password to a temporary password, had him unlock the server with this new temp password, then rebooted the server and did not log back in as myself. I then reset my domain account password back to the original that I had used before changing it. That was last Thursday (8/16) and ever since then, my account has been getting locked out several times a day. Happened all weekend long. I know there are services running on some servers that are using my credentials but I assumed that they should be ok since I changed it back to what I was using before.

Any ideas why this might be happening or what could cause this?

Thanks,
CaseyM

SebastianAbbinanti

Check the event log. I'll bet you have a service or something attempting to logon with your account and old password that's locking you out.

Thanks,
S.

npc_caseym

ASKER

Yes, but why would it be using an old password if I changed it back to the same password that the service is using?

Will Szymkowski

What I would recommend is checking the Event Logs on the server to see if there are any indications why your account would be getting locked out. Have you checked the services/task that are under your account are actually running and not have errors? I would start there first.

npc_caseym

ASKER

That's what I have been checking but I have over 75 servers...I'm checking my domain controllers now.

SebastianAbbinanti

Perhaps it was a password update policy issue. In any case, you don't want services logging on with real accounts. Check the event log to see what's logging in, and move it to a dedicated service account.

Thanks,
S.

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