Can't login offline

I have an odd one.

I have two users sharing a laptop joined to a domain. The login's will work
fine for a while then after one uses logs off while away from the network the
other user can not log on. Only the last user can log back in. The machine
has been working offline and online fine for a number of months.

They get an error msg that their password is incorrect.

We have rebuilt the laptop and rejoined to domain.

Any help appreciated.

I'm fairly sure there is a registry value (and a corresponding policy) that
determines the maximum number of passwords to be cached. This is your likely
problem area.

"Andrew Jurgens" wrote:

>
> I have two users sharing a laptop joined to a domain. The login's will work
> fine for a while then after one uses logs off while away from the network the
> other user can not log on. Only the last user can log back in. The machine
> has been working offline and online fine for a number of months.

Thanks Anteaus.

We have that set at 10 but there are only two users that access this
machine. Therefor I would have thought it would be ok.

I am wondering if there is a limit about how long you can stay off the
network and still log in?

"Anteaus" wrote:

> I'm fairly sure there is a registry value (and a corresponding policy) that
> determines the maximum number of passwords to be cached. This is your likely
> problem area.
>
> "Andrew Jurgens" wrote:
>
> >
> > I have two users sharing a laptop joined to a domain. The login's will work
> > fine for a while then after one uses logs off while away from the network the
> > other user can not log on. Only the last user can log back in. The machine
> > has been working offline and online fine for a number of months.
>

"Andrew" wrote:

> I am wondering if there is a limit about how long you can stay off the
> network and still log in?

Not that I know of, other than the password-expiry timeout, if one exists.

Some sites work that way with laptops, with users going overseas and relying
on cached credentials for weeks at a time. It's not an arrangement I favour,
but it clearly works.

It does sound like either you have an obscure fault, or else a domain policy
of some kind has created the issue.

Thanks. Since I have rebuilt the laptop I guess the next place will be the
server.

Any suggestions on what might cause this as I have gone through Group Policy
Editor and found no references?

Cheers,

Andrew

"Anteaus" wrote:

>
> "Andrew" wrote:
>
> > I am wondering if there is a limit about how long you can stay off the
> > network and still log in?
>
> Not that I know of, other than the password-expiry timeout, if one exists.
>
> Some sites work that way with laptops, with users going overseas and relying
> on cached credentials for weeks at a time. It's not an arrangement I favour,
> but it clearly works.
>
> It does sound like either you have an obscure fault, or else a domain policy
> of some kind has created the issue.
>
>