User on XP Professional Service Pack 3 came back to the office with his laptop and can no longer log on to his computer. User gets the following message: "The account has been restricted contact the system administrator"The Domain Server is running Server 2008The users laptop has been working for approximately 4 monthsAny Ideas?7 people need an answerI do too

Hi there,I had the same problem with a user's computer (Windows XP SP3 runing on a Server 2003 network), it wasn't letting anybody sign in with anydomain network accounts from Active Directory. I fixed it by logging in with the local Administrator account, and then disjoining/rejoining the computer to the domain. After that it allowed the domain accounts to sign in. Hope this helps!Colin.

Hi griff,Have you tried contacting your System Administrator regarding this? There could be Group Policy Objects set by the admin that's why this is happening.If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Propose as Answer" If you find it helpful , mark it as helpful by clicking on "Vote as Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.

I am the system administrator. SUE administrator.

I am the system administrator, and I don't have any security restrictions that I know of that should disallow me to download Microsoft Security Essentials.