Re: Password Authentication

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 08/20/02


From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:49:43 -0700

As I read your post this is exactly what I was suspecting
> . . . because in the event viewer
> on the exchange server it shows her as being authenticated
> to her machine and not the domain.

which definitively show the wrong credentials are
being presented

> I have had her do the
> Domain\Username, which works for everyone else but her!

right, and what shows in the event log then on E2K machine?

> I'm beginning to suspect a end user error but I can't see
> what it could be. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Does she know the difference between \ and / ??
It is a very common user error.

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Bimp" <mec@arrdis.com> wrote in message
news:5eb601c2484f$38cf9660$9ae62ecf@tkmsftngxa02...
>     I've got a problem that's been driving me nuts for two
> weeks now! We have a remote user that cannot access her
> email on our server other than through the web server. Any
> time she tries to connect we recieve an error message
> indicating her username or password are incorrect. I have
> gone through everything here and everything on her end and
> made sure all the username and passwords are the same and
> still cannot get it to authenticate! I can log on to her
> account locally and have set up on my home computer to log
> on and have been successful but I have a different OS and
> email at home than she does.
>      She is running W2K with Office XP Pro (Same as we
> have in the office). We are using Exchange 2000 on a 2000
> server. Both have all the most current updates and service
> packs. I have windows '98  with Outlook Express at home.
> We have set her up on Outlook to use Microsoft Exchange.
> We have a user in the same remote office, set up the same
> way, with the same OS and mail that is not having any
> problem whatsoever! I have even tried setting up a VPN and
> get the same message.
>      I have searched Microsoft's Knowledge Base,
> Newsgroups for W2K, Exchange, Outlook, Security, everthing
> I could think of and have found nothing! HELP! What am I
> missing! My theory is it has something to do with
> authenticating to the domain because in the event viewer
> on the exchange server it shows her as being authenticated
> to her machine and not the domain. I have had her do the
> Domain\Username, which works for everyone else but her!
> I'm begining to suspect a end user error but I can't see
> what it could be. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> I'm not sure I've included all the info you need to help
> me but I can't babble on forever.


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