Frequent account lockouts

I have a user who gets frequent account lockouts. Daily lockout occur.

its really frustrating.

the only thing I checked is, active rdp sessions.

If not, how can I check which tool sends the incorrect password.

I used altools, but it does not give me information that I already saw in the event logs.

Help, please!

I guess that the lockout is due to connection failures...  You should be able to use standard Windows management tools to trace it.    You will need to market "Audit logon events" for the system log record these events can be displayed in newspaper the Security window.  Then, you can use Event Viewer to examine the papers.  To activate "Audit logon events", follow the procedure described in the article except instead of click "audit access to the", click on "Audit logon events" instead.

"How to audit access of the user files, folders and printers in Windows XP"
  < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399="">

HTH,
JW

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