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How to use the EventCombMT utility to search event logs for account lockouts

To download the EventCombMT utility, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7AF2E69C-91F3-4E63-8629-B999ADDE0B9E To search the event logs for account lockouts, follow these steps: Start EventCombMT. With Domain admin account On the  Options  menu, click  Set Output Directory , select an existing folder, or click  New Folder  to create a new folder to save the output to, and then click  OK . Note  If you do not specify an output directory, the default location is C:\Temp. On the  Searches  menu, point to  Built In Searches , and then click  Account Lockouts . All domain controllers for the domain appear in the  Select To Search/Right Click To Add  box. Also, in the  Event IDs  box, you see that event IDs 529, 644, 675, 676, and 681 are added. In the  Event IDs  box, type a space, and then type  4740 4625  after the last event nu...