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XADM: How to Create a Windows NT User Account with Windows NT 4.0 and Exchange Server 5.5 in Windows 2000 Domain

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This article was previously published under Q237877

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Symptoms

When you create a user on a computer running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, the corresponding Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory user logon name is not present.

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Cause

When you use the Windows NT 4.0 security account manager (SAM) application programming interface (API) to create a Windows 2000 account, there is no way to specify the user logon name during creation; therefore, none is created.

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Status

This behavior is by design.

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More information

1.Install a Windows 2000 domain controller, a Windows 2000 member server with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and a Windows NT 4.0 member server with Exchange Server 5.5 into the this domain and organization (site).
2.Create a new mailbox on the Exchange Server 5.5 computer, and then create a new Windows NT account.
Note that no corresponding user logon name has been created. To verify:
1.Start the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
2.Click the newly created user account.
3.Click Properties, and then view the Account tab.

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Keywords: KB237877, kbprb

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Article Info
Article ID : 237877
Revision : 5
Created on : 10/27/2006
Published on : 10/27/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 207