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I have this problem I just cant seem to find the source. My AD account keeps getting locked. Using lockout status and looking at the netlogon log i figured out which PC it is. I know which process is locking me: spoolsv.exe. Spoolsv.exe is running as system not as me but I get this log entry.
Log Name: Security
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date: 3/28/2014 9:45:01 AM
Event ID: 4648
Task Category: Logon
Level: Information
Keywords: Audit Success
User: N/A
Computer: computer.MYDOMAIN.NET
Description:
A logon was attempted using explicit credentials.
Subject:
Security ID: NULL SID
Account Name: -
Account Domain: -
Logon ID: 0x79F5
Logon GUID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Account Whose Credentials Were Used:
Account Name: accountbeinglocked@mydomain.net
Account Domain:
Logon GUID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Target Server:
Target Server Name: FILESERVER.MYDOMAIN.NET
Additional Information: FILESERVER.MYDOMAIN.NET
Process Information:
Process ID: 0x544
Process Name: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
Network Information:
Network Address: -
Port: -
This event is generated when a process attempts to log on an account by explicitly specifying that account’s credentials. This most commonly occurs in batch-type configurations such as scheduled tasks, or when using the RUNAS command.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
<EventID>4648</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>12544</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-03-28T13:45:01.502850800Z" />
<EventRecordID>308669</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="784" ThreadID="5280" />
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>computer.MYDOMAIN.NET</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-0-0</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserName">-</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectDomainName">-</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x79f5</Data>
<Data Name="LogonGuid">{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">accountbeinglocked@mydomain.net</Data>
<Data Name="TargetDomainName">
</Data>
<Data Name="TargetLogonGuid">{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}</Data>
<Data Name="TargetServerName">FILESERVER.MYDOMAIN.NET</Data>
<Data Name="TargetInfo">FILESERVER.MYDOMAIN.NET</Data>
<Data Name="ProcessId">0x544</Data>
<Data Name="ProcessName">C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe</Data>
<Data Name="IpAddress">-</Data>
<Data Name="IpPort">-</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I have no idea at all how to fix this. Thanks for any help you can give me.
1Are you logged into "computer.MYDOMAIN.NET" when this happens? Any services on the computer set to login using the "accountbeinglocked@mydomain.net"? Have you scanned for Malware yet? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-03-28T15:29:17.453
No I'm not, someone else is logged in as another AD user, no services set to login as user "accountbeingblocked@mydomain.net". Yes i did scan for malware. with multiple scanner and even using a boot disk to check for rootkit. The printer spooler is started as SERVICE. – Benoit Bourgault – 2014-03-28T16:34:40.220
4648 A logon was attempted using explicit credentials. See here: https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=4648 This event is logged anytime an auth request is made using credentials that are different from the login used on the local machine.
– MaQleod – 2014-03-28T16:37:32.663I found that information too, my question is why is spoolsv.exe using those credentials. And how do i tell it not to use them anymore? – Benoit Bourgault – 2014-03-28T16:38:49.133
2That is the print spooler. If you've printed using your AD credentials (say to a network printer on the domain), then spoolsv.exe will be using those credentials in order to complete your print request. – MaQleod – 2014-03-28T16:42:16.770
This is a possibility I sometime sit at a user desk and use my credential to access other network ressource and will enter my credential. How do I stop the print spooler from using my credential anymore? I tried everything I could think of. Disconnected share removed all shared printer. And if those printer are not used I dont get locked but the user needs those printer share how do i make sure when I add those printer back it is not using my credential? – Benoit Bourgault – 2014-03-28T16:49:57.063
I suspect it is an e.g. HP or Brother driver/service attempting to do {magic} like upsell ink or connect to so-called cloud printing etc. – horatio – 2014-03-28T19:50:42.460
Worth a try: Remove all mapped network shares, relog into the PC, then map them again. – daraos – 2014-03-28T19:33:21.890
Done All That did not work – Benoit Bourgault – 2014-03-28T20:43:44.967