Account locked out

Hello everyone..

I have a client that has Windows XP Professional computers w/SP3 and they
are not joined to a domain. They are on a peer to peer network joined to a
workgroup.

From time to time, one of the computers won't let one of the users logon
after the computer is freshly booted. It says the account has been locked
out and contact the administrator.

I CAN Login to the same computer as the administrator but not as that user.
Account lockout have been set in local security to 3 attempts then lock them
out and I realize that the user might be making mistakes as he attempts to
login,

My question is, how does an administrator login to that computer and unlock
the locked out user account?

I saw a document on technet.... Securing Windows XP Professional in a
Peer-to-Peer Networking Environment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc875837.aspx

That says the following,,,
To unlock a locked user account

1.. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2.. Double-click User Accounts.

3.. Click the Advanced tab and then click the Advanced button.

4.. Click the Users branch.

5.. Find the affected user account and double-click it.

6.. Clear the Account is locked out checkbox and then click OK.


But I can't find the advanced tab in User accounts,,,

Any help would be appreciated,,,

--
Bikini Browser of San Juan Puerto Rico
Small Business Office Automation
Small Business Document Imaging Solutions
Networking Solutions using Linksys & Cisco Products
www.daleallen.com/contact.htm
www.daleallen.net (our blog)

Bikini Browser wrote:
Hello everyone..

I have a client that has Windows XP Professional computers w/SP3 and they
are not joined to a domain. They are on a peer to peer network joined to a
workgroup.

From time to time, one of the computers won't let one of the users logon
after the computer is freshly booted. It says the account has been locked
out and contact the administrator.

I CAN Login to the same computer as the administrator but not as that user.
Account lockout have been set in local security to 3 attempts then lock them
out and I realize that the user might be making mistakes as he attempts to
login,

My question is, how does an administrator login to that computer and unlock
the locked out user account?

I saw a document on technet.... Securing Windows XP Professional in a
Peer-to-Peer Networking Environment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc875837.aspx

That says the following,,,
To unlock a locked user account

1.. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2.. Double-click User Accounts.

3.. Click the Advanced tab and then click the Advanced button.

4.. Click the Users branch.

5.. Find the affected user account and double-click it.

6.. Clear the Account is locked out checkbox and then click OK.


But I can't find the advanced tab in User accounts,,,

Any help would be appreciated,,,

Enter lusrmgr.msc in the Start Menu Run box.

You can also get to the Local User and Groups management console by
entering "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes) in the Start
Menu Run box and click your way around as explained in the Technet
article that you cite.

John

PS. Something seems to be borked with your message, my newsreader can
usually crosspost to different groups but with your message it throws up
an error and refuses to crosspost to the groups you selected.

Just open the "Run" box on the Start Menu (or press WinKey+R) and enter :


lusrmgr.msc


....and press the [ok] button.

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC.EXE) file "Local Users and Groups" should open
in a few seconds.

Select the Users "folder" from the left-hand pane.

Double-click on the User that has the lock-out problem.

Uncheck the box marked "Account is Locked Out"

Press [ok] to save and exit the console.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Bikini Browser" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone..

I have a client that has Windows XP Professional computers w/SP3 and they are not
joined to a domain. They are on a peer to peer network joined to a workgroup.

From time to time, one of the computers won't let one of the users logon after the
computer is freshly booted. It says the account has been locked out and contact
the administrator.

I CAN Login to the same computer as the administrator but not as that user. Account
lockout have been set in local security to 3 attempts then lock them out and I
realize that the user might be making mistakes as he attempts to login,

My question is, how does an administrator login to that computer and unlock the
locked out user account?

I saw a document on technet.... Securing Windows XP Professional in a Peer-to-Peer
Networking Environment http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc875837.aspx

That says the following,,,
To unlock a locked user account

1.. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2.. Double-click User Accounts.

3.. Click the Advanced tab and then click the Advanced button.

4.. Click the Users branch.

5.. Find the affected user account and double-click it.

6.. Clear the Account is locked out checkbox and then click OK.


But I can't find the advanced tab in User accounts,,,

Any help would be appreciated,,,

--
Bikini Browser of San Juan Puerto Rico
Small Business Office Automation
Small Business Document Imaging Solutions
Networking Solutions using Linksys & Cisco Products
www.daleallen.com/contact.htm
www.daleallen.net (our blog)

"Bikini Browser" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone..

I have a client that has Windows XP Professional computers w/SP3 and they
are not joined to a domain. They are on a peer to peer network joined to a
workgroup.

From time to time, one of the computers won't let one of the users logon
after the computer is freshly booted. It says the account has been locked
out and contact the administrator.

I CAN Login to the same computer as the administrator but not as that
user. Account lockout have been set in local security to 3 attempts then
lock them out and I realize that the user might be making mistakes as he
attempts to login,

My question is, how does an administrator login to that computer and
unlock the locked out user account?

I saw a document on technet.... Securing Windows XP Professional in a
Peer-to-Peer Networking Environment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc875837.aspx

That says the following,,,
To unlock a locked user account

1.. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2.. Double-click User Accounts.

3.. Click the Advanced tab and then click the Advanced button.

4.. Click the Users branch.

5.. Find the affected user account and double-click it.

6.. Clear the Account is locked out checkbox and then click OK.


But I can't find the advanced tab in User accounts,,,

Any help would be appreciated,,,

--
Bikini Browser of San Juan Puerto Rico

You can also do it from the Command Prompt:

net user xxx /active:yes

There is lots of help too:

net help user | more

In message , Tim Meddick
writes:
Just open the "Run" box on the Start Menu (or press WinKey+R) and enter :


lusrmgr.msc


...and press the [ok] button.

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC.EXE) file "Local Users and
Groups" should open in a few seconds.
[]
I can't help wondering if the name "local users ..." was coined _after_
the "lusr manager" was written to handle people who had locked
themselves out, or before!
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