Prompted for NDS Tree when Changing Password

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Windows NT prompts you for the Novell NDS tree when you change your password when only bindery-based NetWare servers (2.x, 3.x) exist on the network. This box should not appear unless an NDS tree exists on the network.

MORE INFORMATION

This is by design. The code should popup a final dialog, after you dismiss the NDS change password dialog, that says that your password on the 3.x server could not be changed, and that you need to use setpass.

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Configure CSNW/GSNW to use a Preferred Server and select the bindery- based NetWare server. Click OK for the setting to take effect.

2. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and click Change Password...

3. Type in the old password, the new password, the confirmation of the new password, and then click OK.

4. The confirmation "Your password has been changed" will appear. Click OK.

5. A NetWare Network dialog box will display "No NetWare NDS trees were detected. Unable to perform change password operation." Click OK.

6. A NetWare Network dialog box will display "You may need to change your password separately on NetWare 2.X and 3.X server that are not part of a password synchronization scheme. Use setpass (located in the SYS\PUBLIC directory on NetWare servers) to do it." Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.