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From: Dave on 6 Nov 2006 04:53 Hi all, having trouble adding a smtp mail address to a user via AD installed on my PC. This returns an error. The RPC server is unavailable Facility: Win32 ID no:c00706ba Microsoft Active Directory - Exchange Extension If I log on to the server via terminal services it works ok and I can add addresses directly. Any ideas why it fails from my machine? Thanks in advance Dave
From: "Mike Shepperd" newsgroups a t sunfiresolutions d o t on 22 Nov 2006 02:52 If my understanding is correct, you're using the Admin Tools on your PC (Windows XP?) to modify the User Account properties in Active Directory Users and Computers. When trying to modify the SMTP address of a user in their Exchange Properties you're seeing the RPC error. Is Exchange running on the DC (maybe an SBS machine)? If so, I would guess that there is some file that is registered on the DC that doesn't exist on your PC (and may not work on a non-server product). Do the DC and PC both point to the same DNS server? In my experience, most RPC error messages are caused by name resolution issues, though that isn't at the top of my list for this issue, it is worth eliminating as a possibility. If the DC and Exch server are separate boxes, make sure that every machine is using the same DNS server. -- Mike Shepperd Sunfire Solutions LLC Seattle, WA [This posting is provided AS-IS, with no warranties and confers no rights] "Dave" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message news:e8aLNmYAHHA.4740(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi all, having trouble adding a smtp mail address to a user via AD > installed on my PC. > This returns an error. > > The RPC server is unavailable > Facility: Win32 > ID no:c00706ba > Microsoft Active Directory - Exchange Extension > > If I log on to the server via terminal services it works ok and I can add > addresses directly. > > Any ideas why it fails from my machine? > > Thanks in advance > > Dave >
From: Dave on 23 Nov 2006 05:30 Hi, Thanks for responding. Yes you are correct wth your assumptions, Running Xp sp2 on my PC and win 2000 server, and exchange 2000. We do use the same dns on all machines but the order may be different, Ie, primary on my machine is secondary on the server. etc Would that make any difference? All other aspects work fine and this is only a minor niggle but you know how it is... :) Thanks for taking the time to answer Regards Dave "Mike Shepperd" <newsgroups a t sunfiresolutions d o t com> wrote in message news:1rydnZJhE-gvnPnYnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)comcast.com... > If my understanding is correct, you're using the Admin Tools on your PC > (Windows XP?) to modify the User Account properties in Active Directory > Users and Computers. When trying to modify the SMTP address of a user in > their Exchange Properties you're seeing the RPC error. > > Is Exchange running on the DC (maybe an SBS machine)? If so, I would > guess that there is some file that is registered on the DC that doesn't > exist on your PC (and may not work on a non-server product). > > Do the DC and PC both point to the same DNS server? In my experience, > most RPC error messages are caused by name resolution issues, though that > isn't at the top of my list for this issue, it is worth eliminating as a > possibility. If the DC and Exch server are separate boxes, make sure that > every machine is using the same DNS server. > > -- > Mike Shepperd > Sunfire Solutions LLC > Seattle, WA > > [This posting is provided AS-IS, with no warranties and confers no rights] > > > "Dave" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message > news:e8aLNmYAHHA.4740(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Hi all, having trouble adding a smtp mail address to a user via AD >> installed on my PC. >> This returns an error. >> >> The RPC server is unavailable >> Facility: Win32 >> ID no:c00706ba >> Microsoft Active Directory - Exchange Extension >> >> If I log on to the server via terminal services it works ok and I can add >> addresses directly. >> >> Any ideas why it fails from my machine? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Dave >> >
From: "Mike Shepperd" newsgroups a t sunfiresolutions d o t on 23 Nov 2006 17:23
As long as the DNS servers are both internal (not one internal and one at the ISP - should only use internal servers) it shouldn't make any difference. If for some reason two internal DNS servers are not properly replicating records, you could end up with one serving up some addresses and the other serving up different ones, but it's not very likely. I don't have a similar setup to test on, but I would guess it's related to the server having Exchange installed locally and the PC not. You could use filemon (from Sysinternals, now part of Microsoft) to track what files are accessed on the Server and on the Workstation, then see what files aren't found on the Wkstn. I'm guessing it's some .dll or similar file that installs with Exchange... -- Mike Shepperd Sunfire Solutions LLC Seattle, WA [This posting is provided AS-IS, with no warranties and confers no rights] "Dave" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message news:enk1iquDHHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi, Thanks for responding. > > Yes you are correct wth your assumptions, Running Xp sp2 on my PC and win > 2000 server, and exchange 2000. We do use the same dns on all machines but > the order may be different, Ie, primary on my machine is secondary on the > server. etc > > Would that make any difference? > All other aspects work fine and this is only a minor niggle but you know > how it is... :) > > Thanks for taking the time to answer > > Regards > > Dave > > > "Mike Shepperd" <newsgroups a t sunfiresolutions d o t com> wrote in > message news:1rydnZJhE-gvnPnYnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> If my understanding is correct, you're using the Admin Tools on your PC >> (Windows XP?) to modify the User Account properties in Active Directory >> Users and Computers. When trying to modify the SMTP address of a user in >> their Exchange Properties you're seeing the RPC error. >> >> Is Exchange running on the DC (maybe an SBS machine)? If so, I would >> guess that there is some file that is registered on the DC that doesn't >> exist on your PC (and may not work on a non-server product). >> >> Do the DC and PC both point to the same DNS server? In my experience, >> most RPC error messages are caused by name resolution issues, though that >> isn't at the top of my list for this issue, it is worth eliminating as a >> possibility. If the DC and Exch server are separate boxes, make sure >> that every machine is using the same DNS server. >> >> -- >> Mike Shepperd >> Sunfire Solutions LLC >> Seattle, WA >> >> [This posting is provided AS-IS, with no warranties and confers no >> rights] >> >> >> "Dave" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message >> news:e8aLNmYAHHA.4740(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> Hi all, having trouble adding a smtp mail address to a user via AD >>> installed on my PC. >>> This returns an error. >>> >>> The RPC server is unavailable >>> Facility: Win32 >>> ID no:c00706ba >>> Microsoft Active Directory - Exchange Extension >>> >>> If I log on to the server via terminal services it works ok and I can >>> add addresses directly. >>> >>> Any ideas why it fails from my machine? >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Dave >>> >> > > |