Lockoutstatus.exe

: Run LockoutStatus.exe from your management workstation. Select Target : Go to File > Select Target .

: The tool will query all domain controllers in the site. Look closely at the Bad PWD Count and Last Bad PWD columns to find the DC where the count is highest or most recent. Troubleshooting the "Persistent Lockout" lockoutstatus.exe

: If failed attempts always hit a DC near a specific office, a user likely left a session logged in with an old password on a physical machine. : Run LockoutStatus

Using the tool is straightforward, even for junior administrators. Once you have downloaded and extracted the tool , follow these steps: Look closely at the Bad PWD Count and

: Displays the current number of failed login attempts recorded by each domain controller.

LockoutStatus.exe is often paired with other utilities in the package, such as NLParse.exe , which parses Netlogon logs for specific return codes to provide even deeper forensic evidence of why an account is failing to authenticate.