Using a NT 4.0 domain controller. Just got a new Compaq EVO running WinXP Pro. I set the local admin password for the new machine DIFFERENT to that of a domain account of the same user name. However, when I go to map a network drive while logged in as the local admin, it sends the LOCAL password until the domain account locks out (in our case, 10 attempts). We have other XP machines that do not have this issue. My question is: is there a way to change the default number of login tries to a networked machine from a Windows XP machine? Changing the number of login tries before lockout is not an option. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks.

Disconnect any drive map to the share you're talking about and then... When mapping the drive, go to windows explorer and type the IP address of the computer you want to map to into the address line such as "\\123.123.123.123" and press enter... This should show you the shares available... Right click on the share you want to map and choose "Map network drive" from the drop down menu. In the "Map Network Drive" Wizard be sure to choose the letter you want it mapped to and the check the box that says "Connect to share as a different user." Supply the credentials of the user and password you want to use to connect and Bingo... no more lockout. Your machine will use the supplied user/password instead of trying yours. *note... this won't work if you're logged on as "Administrator" because Windows will never cache or save a password for anything for the Administrator account. You should create another account and give it administrative privileges by adding the user to the administrators group if you need administator rights all the time.

thanks, parrish. this is a nice evasion of the problem. its not the ideal solution, i.e. reducing the number of times Windows pushes out a password/user combo to a network share, but it will get me by for now. does anyone else have any suggestions/solutions?