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Q255843: XCLN: Unable to Log on Exchange Server from Windows 2000 Client

Article: Q255843
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0,5.0,5.0 SP1,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
- Microsoft Exchange, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.0 SP1, 5.5 
- Microsoft Outlook 2002, used with:
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP 
- Microsoft Outlook 2000, used with:
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to use Outlook to log on to an Exchange Server computer, you may
receive one of the following error messages:

  The name could not be resolved. The Microsoft Exchange address book was
  unable to logon to the Microsoft Exchange Server computer.

  -or-

  Outlook could not logon.

  -or-

  Your logon information is incorrect.

There is no loss of connectivity from the computer that is running Windows 2000
or Windows XP. Remote procedure call (RPC) connectivity works, you can open a
shared list on the Exchange Server computer, you can log on to the Microsoft
Windows NT Server 4.0 domain, and you can ping by name and by Internet Protocol
(IP).

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, remove and re-add Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the Local Area Connection properties:

1. Double-click the My Computer icon, double-click Control Panel, and then
  double-click "Network and Dial-Up Connections".

2. Click Local Area Connection, click Properties on the File menu, and then
  click to clear the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) check box.

3. Install another protocol (NWlink or NetBEUI) to maintain a placeholder for
  each connection.

4. Restart your computer, double-click the My Computer icon, double-click
  Control Panel, and then double-click "Network and Dial-Up Connections".

5. Click Local Area Connection, click Properties on the File menu, and then
  click to select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) check box to add TCP/IP.

For additional information about this process, click the article number below to
view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q285034 How to Remove and Reinstall TCP/IP for Windows 2000

The article contains the following procedure to remove TCP/IP from your Windows
2000-based computer:

1. Click to clear the TCP/IP check box from all dial-up connections and all LAN
  connections in the Network and Dial-up Connections tool.

2. Install another protocol (NWlink or NetBEUI) to maintain a placeholder for
  each connection.

3. Restart your computer.

4. Reinstall TCP/IP, and then restart your computer.

If the computer is a domain controller, the procedure is different. For
additional information about how to remove and reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows
2000 domain controller, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q299451 HOW TO: Remove and Reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows 2000 Domain
  Controller


MORE INFORMATION
================

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q268575 OL2000: (CW) Error Message: The Microsoft Exchange Address Book was
  Unable to Log on to the Microsoft Exchange Server Computer

Additional query words: cannot logon login connect tcpip check name

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbOutlookSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeClientSearch kbOutlook2002 kbZNotKeyword2 kbOutlook2002Search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :4.0,5.0,5.0 SP1,5.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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