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Q189730: XFOR: IMC Fails to Start After Upgrading to Windows NT 4.0

Article: Q189730
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 16-APR-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to manually start the Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail
Connector (IMC) on a Windows NT 4.0 computer, the following error may occur:

  Services

  Could not start the Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Connector
  service on
  \\machinename.
  Error 2140: An internal Windows NT error occurred.

In the application event log the following may be logged:

  Event ID: 4086
  Source:   MSExchangeIMC
  Type: Error
  Category: Initialization/Termination
  Description: Unable to start the service because the
  configuration could not be loaded from the Microsoft Exchange
  directory or Windows NT Registry.

CAUSE
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Windows NT 4.0 has become more restrictive in its control of the registry.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this issue, add the Exchange Server Service account to the
Administrators group for the domain.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 4.0.


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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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