Can't Change Passwords at WinXP Pro machines in a W2k AD Domain

From: Patricia Viana (patricia.sa.viana_at_terra.com.br)
Date: 09/18/03

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:39:26 -0300

    Hi.

    I'm the network administrator for a medium sized company and we have a
    Win2k AD Domain. Our client computers runs Win2000 Pro and WinXP Pro.

    I would like to know if anyone could help me out with this:
            . Users can't change their password on any of the XP machines;
            . Administrators can't change their password on any of the XP
    machines!
            . I can only change passwords for WinXP local SAM users !!
            . The error message is something like this: "You don't have
    sufficient privilege to change your password at the moment".
            . The same users and administrators are able to change their
    password on any Win2000 Pro machines.

    Hope someone has lived trought this or can have a clue on what is going
    on here.

    Best Regards,
    Patricia Viana.

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