XADM: Error Creating NT Account in Exchange Administrator

ID: Q165371

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you create a Microsoft Exchange mailbox in the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program and you create a new Windows NT account, the following error message appears:

The error '317' occurred while formatting Windows NT error '2245'.
Microsoft Windows NT
ID no. 0xc00208c5

This only occurs when a minimum password length is required.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0 This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Keywords : kbusage kbbug5.00 XADM kbfix5.00.sp1
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug