Re: HELP please with 5.5 to 2003 migration

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There's no way they're being prompted to enter the server name instead of
the domain. I don't think things are as bad as you think.

How did you move the mailbox? You should be using the Exchange 2003 SP1
Move Mailbox Wizard.

Look in the information store on both servers and see if they have a mailbox
on both. If so, then follow this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299473
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Ed Crowley
MVP - Exchange
"Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"

"J Meyer" <JMeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:072A786B-C41F-42E4-BA95-E039C9337710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> 2 Win2K Dcs
> 1 NT4 BDC
> 1 5.5 Member Server
> New Exch 2003 server on Win2003
> Patched 2K DCs to SP4+
> Ran adprep /forestprep and domainprep
> Installed ADC
> Tried to move a mailbox - user was OK for a while until they logged off
> and
> back on. Now when they try to open Outlook, it prompts them to log into
> <Exchservername>\<username>. Changing to <domainname>\username doesn't
> help.
> I've had MANY problems with the upgrade and the latest thinking now is to
> start over with a fresh domain and exmerge the mailboxes and import them
> into
> the new Exch 2003 server in the new domain. We'd have to give everyone new
> logins and join their PCs to the new domain, but since it's a relatively
> small company, it probably would be quicker than what we've been going
> through (I'll spare the gory details.) I'd be interested to hear if anyone
> has done that as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jamie


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