Users getting locked out spontaneously

[maff]

Hi all,

Have a network of 300+ users using a mixture of NT4 Workstation and Mac OS 9 with NT Server 4 (1xPDC, 2xBDC, 1xStand alone).

User accounts are set to lock out after 3 failed attempts. Recently the amount of students getting locked out has increased alarmingly.

People have reported that they are being locked out whilst using the computer after logging on hours before.

A colleague of mine reckons he has resolved the problem on a few machines by removing the log on script (which purely maps drives and sets the home dirs).

Is this a network traffic problem or something else?

Any ideas...?

Matt ffolliott-Powell
maff_ffolliottpowell@yahoo.com

http://www.arts-inst-bournemouth.ac.uk

King of the wild frontier

 

[bakbacon]

Thank you for your suggestion above. I did this process - but I am still getting the same things. I am in the process of upgrading this server and migrating the data to it. I will make sure that I install all the security updates and service packs to plug any holes that might be present. I will see if this helps.

thanks again for everyones suggestions.

 

[Jase0063]

I fixed this issue by removing Spyware, TSR's, and other programs that run in the background.

Hope this helps
Jason