XADM: Error Creating NT Account in Exchange Administrator (165371)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0

This article was previously published under Q165371

SYMPTOMS

When you create a Microsoft Exchange mailbox in the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program and you create a new Windows NT account, the following error message appears:
The error '317' occurred while formatting Windows NT error '2245'.
Microsoft Windows NT
ID no. 0xc00208c5
This only occurs when a minimum password length is required.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0 This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
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