XADM: How to Create a Windows NT User Account with Windows NT 4.0 and Exchange Server 5.5 in Windows 2000 Domain (237877)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q237877

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.

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.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB237877
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