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Q165371: XADM: Error Creating NT Account in Exchange Administrator

Article: Q165371
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 07-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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


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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : 5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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