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Q259577: XADM: Exchange Admin Settings Are Windows NT Profile-Specific

Article: Q259577
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0,5.0,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc4 exc5 exc55
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you administer an Exchange Server-based computer by using the Exchange
Administrative program from various Microsoft Windows NT computers on the
network, you may notice that your Exchange Administrative program settings are
not maintained between these two computers unless you are using a Windows NT
roaming profile.

For example, while you administer the Exchange Server-based computer from
computer A, you can modify the toolbar display if you click Customize Toolbar on
the Tools menu. You can then log on to computer B and open the Exchange
Administrator program against the same Exchange Server-based computer; however,
the toolbar display does not reflect the change that you make to computer A.

CAUSE
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This feature is by design.

The Exchange Administrator Display settings are specific to each Windows NT
profile. When you log on to a Windows NT computer, and then log on to the
domain, a profile is used and created on the local computer by default unless
you specify a roaming profile path in the "User Manager for Domains" tool.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, administer Exchange Server-based computers from
only one computer or enable your Windows NT account to use a roaming Windows NT
profile in the "User Manager for Domains" tool. If the profile is a roaming
profile, it cannot be a mandatory profile. If the profile is mandatory, changes
that you make to the Display settings in the Exchange Administrator tool are
lost when you log off the Windows NT computer.

MORE INFORMATION
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By default, a user's Windows NT profile is created and maintained in the
%SystemRoot%\Profiles\<username> folder.

A user's Windows NT profile is made up of two components, folders and registry
settings. The %SystemRoot%\Profiles\<username>\Ntuser.dat file is started
in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive every time that a user logs on to a
Windows NT computer.

The Exchange Administrator settings are maintained in the following registry
keys:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\MSExchangeAdmin

  -and-

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\MSExchangeAdminCommon

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

  Q161070 Step by Step Roaming Profiles Configuration

For information about how to implement profiles and policies for Windows NT 4.0,
click the following link to view the Microsoft Web page:

  http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/management/deployment/planguide/prof_policies.asp

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : exc4 exc5 exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange550 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :4.0,5.0,5.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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