Active directory users will not unlock

[melbert09]

Hi all,
I am pretty new to windows server 2008. Im much better at 2003, but here is the issue:

I have a few user accounts that are locked. I have gone in with my admin account and selected the check box that says unlock but it will not accept it. I select apply and it locks immediately. I have tried to run the AD Users and Computers as administrator but no luck. Any idea what is going on?

 

[58sniper]

Turn up the auditing and see if anything shows up in the event logs.

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[kmcferrin]

There may also be a service or worm trying to use the account as well, and it is failing to use the correct password and causing the account to be locked out. You'll need to see the logging to determine what's going on for sure.

I am assuming that you are not connected to a Read Only Domain Controller (not even sure that's possible using ADU&C).

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