Domain User Account Locked Frequently

As a system administrator there will be times that user will be contacting you for unlocking their ad account when they get locked out.

Domain user account locked frequently. This just started last week. This account is currently locked out on this active directory domain controller and press ok. In this case the computer name is lon dc01. The name of the computer from which the lock was made is specified in the caller computer name value.

Spread the lovesummary active directory domain user email user is complaining that password wizard prompts frequently and not accepting passwords even though its correctly typed. You will see a list of events of locking domain user accounts on this dc with an event message a user account was locked out find the last entry in the log containing the name of the desired user in the account name value. One on my users is being locked out of his active directory account on a daily basis. To unlock a user s account find ad user object open the properties go to the account tab check unlock account.

Usually unlocking their ad account from active directory users and computers will resolve the issue but user facing frequently account locking after unlocking the account. Both the powershell and the gui tool need auditing turned before the domain controllers will log any useful information. If user s account acts as a service account update the latest password in service. Hello same problem here with my domain joined windows 10 enterprise rtm machine running office 2013 32 bits skype for business 2015 onedrive.

This occurs between 10 and 18 hours after each reset. However the user is not failing any attempts when he unlocks his system. I can see that the reason for the lockout is a failed number of password attempts. User s account used as an iis application pool identity.

Ad account would go locked out very frequently tried a lot of stuff like deleting all entries in credential manager changing domain password rejoining domain renaming computer. Perform the below steps on mobile devices smartphones byod if user recently changed the password and forgot to update in mobile devices that caused the account lockout for user id.