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Q227395: Incorrect Dialog Box for Changing Password on NDS Server

Article: Q227395
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When your password expires on a Novell NetWare 4.x Directory Services (NDS)
server, the following dialog box may appear:

  Your password on *TREENAME\CONTEXT has expired. Please change it with the
  SETPASS utility.

The text in this dialog box is incorrect.

RESOLUTION
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To correctly change your password, press CTRL+ALT+DEL. After you change your
password, you are prompted to select the NDS Tree on which you want your
password changed.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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