Re: Single user unable to access OWA



Hi Anky,

Thanks for posting in our newsgroup.

Based on my research on this issue, please take the following steps to
narrow down this issue:

Step 1: The problem may be caused by the order password stored on the
computer, please try the following on the problematic computer:

1. Open Control Panel. Double click User Account.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Manage Passwords.
3. Remove the existing passwords and click OK.
4. Monitoring to see if the problem is resolved.

Step 2: Please make a clean boot to make sure the problem is not caused
third party software:

1. Click Start->Run...->type msconfig and press Enter.
2. Click Services tab and select Hide All Microsoft Services and Disable
All third party Services.
3. Click Startup tab and Disable All startup items.
4. Click OK and choose Restart.
5. After reboot, check whether the problem still occurs.
6. If there are no more problems, please use the above steps to enable
services and startup items one by one in order to figure out the root cause
of this issue.

Step 3:This may be caused by IE Brower. Please take the following steps to
reset IE.
If you use IE 7, please take the steps in the following article:
How to use Reset Internet Explorer Settings (RIES)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
If you use IE 6:
1. Click Tools' Internet Options.
2. On the General tab, click to delete history, cookie and temporary files.
Step 4: After you installed Windows 2003 SP2 on SBS server, it may cause
network problem, please Disable Receive Side Scaling and offloading support.

To disable Receive Side Scaling:

1. Click Start, click Run, type ncpa.cpl, and then click OK.
2. Right-click a network adapter object, and then click Properties.
3. Click Configure, and then click the Advanced tab.
4. In the Property list, click Receive Side Scaling, click Disable in the
Value list, and then click OK.

To disable offloading support

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
3. In the details pane, right-click EnableTCPA, and then click Modify.
4. In the Value data box, type 0 (zero), and then click OK.
5. Exit Registry Editor.
6. Restart the computer.

More info:
You may experience network-related problems after you install Windows
Server 2003 SP2 or the Scalable Networking Pack on a Windows Small Business
Server 2003-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936594

If the problem persists , please help me collect the following information
for deep research:

1. The screen shot of the error message when accessing OWA.

2.MPS Report

1) Download MPS report tool from:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/1/bb139fcb-4aac-4fe5-a579-30b0bd9
15706/MPSRPT_SETUPPerf.EXE
2) Run the MPSRPT_SETUPPerf.exe on the server box.
3) Wait for 10~15 minutes.
4) Open Windows explorer, navigate to
%SYSTEMROOT%\MPSReports\Setup\Reports\cab\
5) Send the .cab file to v-robeli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject: Single user
unable to access OWA.

I am looking forward to hear from you.

If you need further assistance, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Best regards,

Robert Li(MSFT)

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

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<Larry,
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<Thanks for the response. There are no local cached passwords.
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<I posted to this group as it is appears to be the only techNet Managed
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<dealing with SBS specifically. Testing the benefit of being a techNet
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<Andy
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<"Larry Struckmeyer" wrote:
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<> Hi Andy:
<>
<> In cases of this type, isolated to a single user, I suspect a cached
local
<> password. Look on his workstation in Users and remove any passwords for
any
<> user (assuming there is one) with the same name as his SBS logon user
name.
<>
<> You may get more response in the SBS 2003 Newsgroup.
<>
<> SBS public Newsgroups:
<>
<> SBS 4.x: microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz
<> SBS 2000: microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000
<> SBS 2003: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
<>
<> if your current news server does not carry the mentioned groups you
should
<> be able to connect directly to news.microsoft.com
<>
<> --
<> Larry
<>
<>
<> "APS" <AndyS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
<> news:A4C3E94D-6DFD-4D93-BF37-E3085FCF95F8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<> >I have a single user who cannot logon to OWA via
http(s)//fqdn/exchange.
<> >The
<> > user is refused access with a "username or password invalid" style
<> > response.
<> > The SBS server logs a 529 Security failure for username Domain\user,
logon
<> > type 3, Caller User Name IUSR_SERVER.
<> >
<> > Previously, the user has had no problems accessing OWA, although the
<> > problem
<> > may have started when he was required to change his password (on the
LAN)
<> > due
<> > to password aging. Alternatively the problem may be coincident with the
<> > November Windows update round. The user can log on normally onthe LAN
<> > with
<> > the credentials rejected by OWA. The OWA failures occur on all
external
<> > clients. He has not tried to connect to OWA via the LAN and is not on
site
<> > to
<> > check this.
<> >
<> > No other users have OWA access problems. I note that the SBS server
logs
<> > a
<> > type 8 logon for IUSR_SERVER when they access OWA, but no other logons
<> > associated with the specific use logging in. This contrasts witht he
<> > failed
<> > user for which there is no IUSR_SERVER logon (just the fialed type 3)
<> >
<> > SBS 2003 SP1 with Echange 6.5.7638.1 and all patches other than W2003
SP2.
<> > All IIS default website permissions and Exchange virtual Folder
<> > permissions/access settings are correct (as per MS KBs)
<> >
<> > Any help would be much appreciated.
<>
<>
<>
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