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Q181864: XADM: Setup /Q Prompts for Service Account

Article: Q181864
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 02-APR-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are running Setup /Q to install a non-service component, the Setup
program expects the Setup.ini file to have a service account specified.

Non-service components include the Administrator program and Books Online.

If the service account is not specified, Setup displays a dialog box, prompting
for the service account.

This behavior is only seen using Setup /Q.

If you run the Setup program in interactive mode and then go to the
Custom/Complete option and select only the non-service component, Setup does not
prompt you for a service account.

CAUSE
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Setup assumes that it is installing service components, even though none were
selected. With the fix described below, Setup checks before asking for the
service account name and password.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Exchange Server version 5.5.
This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft
Exchange Server version 5.5. 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 kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:5.5
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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