SNA Win9x Host Account Manager Unable to Locate MDB Domain (252778)

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

If Host Account Manager (UDConfig.exe) was installed using the SNA Windows 95 or Windows 98 client on either a Windows NT Workstation or computer running Windows 95 or Windows 98, the following error may appear after running this configuration tool.

Unable to locate Windows NT Account Synchronization Service in the target Windows NT domain. To browse other domains, use the "Select Domain" option of the "File" menu.

CAUSE

When Host Account Manager is initially installed, you are asked for the Windows NT Domain Name that contains the master database (MDB) where the Host Account Cache (HAC) resides. If the domain name was inadvertently misspelled or the wrong domain name was used (where no HAC is installed), end users would receive this message after running Host Account Manager.

RESOLUTION

The MdbDomain Registry value must be edited to indicate the correct Windows NT domain name. This value allows the client to find where the MDB cache is stored.

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To edit the Registry value:

Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
Locate the MdbDomain value under the following key in the registry:
```
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SNA Server\CurrentVersion\HostSecurity\STI\Client
						
```
NOTE: This Registry key is one path; it may appear wrapped for readability.
On the Edit menu, click modify. In the Value data field, type the correct Windows NT domain name and click ok.
Quit Registry Editor.

MORE INFORMATION

Host Account Manager is a configuration tool that gives an end user the ability to add or change his or her own cached entries (user ID and/or password) in a host security domain.

The problem described in this article only occurs where the Microsoft SNA Windows 95 or Windows 98 Host Account Manager client is installed on a Windows NT Workstation or computer running Windows 95 or Windows 98.

If you install the Microsoft SNA Windows NT Host Account Manager client on a Windows NT Workstation, you are never prompted for the dialog box asking for the location of the Windows NT domain name where the MDB resides. Instead, the SNA Windows NT client knows where to get the MDB just by knowing what Windows NT domain you are logged on to. In addition to this, there will be no Registry entry if the SNA Windows NT Host Account Manager client is installed on a Windows NT Workstation computer.