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XCON: TP4 Transport Protocol No Longer Supported Under Windows 2000

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Symptoms

When you attempt to upgrade an Exchange Server computer with the TP4 transport protocol from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000, the upgrade does not work and you receive the following error message:
The currently installed driver for the TP4 protocol is not compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 and will be disabled during the upgrade.
The upgrade, however, does not continue until the protocol is removed.

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Cause

The TP4 protocol is no longer supported under Windows 2000.

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Workaround

Any Exchange Server computers using the TP4 protocol must remain at Windows NT 4.0.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: KB242157, kbnofix, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 242157
Revision : 6
Created on : 10/28/2006
Published on : 10/28/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 289