Cant reach exchange server after Win2k reinstall

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From: dw (dowutyalyk_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/16/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:27:30 -0700

I had the same error. But I was using Win2k and Office
2k. I think my issue may be related to your issue.

Search microsoft support for Q325930

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;325930

"How to troubleshoot connectivity issues that are caused
by RPC client protocol registry entries"

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What I imagine happened to me was that a recent hotfix
failed. I uninstalled it, it did not fully restore my
registry settings. Parts of my RPC settings were missing.
After I restored it, based on the Q article, and after
rebooting, I was able to get Outlook to find and connect
to our Exchange server.

Hope this helps,
DW

>-----Original Message-----
>Crosspost : microsoft.public.outlook,
microsoft.public.outlook.general
>[FU2] : microsoft.public.outlook
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>I'm getting an Outlook XP strange problem on some Win2K
stations.
>
>Last friday, I used GPO in order to deploy SP4 on about
50 W2k stations.
>3 of them didn't get the pack correctly and were stuck in
reboot and reboot
>and so on....Just after the first progress bar (when you
can hit F8 to get
>advanced start options)
>
>So, I re-install Win2k on itself on the 3 stations in
order to get Win2K
>booting
>(Booting from CD and choosing R at the second step, when
the installer looks
>for previous Windows and found the orginal Win2K)
>After re-install was complete, I manually install SP4
>
>But since that step, Outlook can't connect to exchange
server.
>I'm getting an "Outlook can't connect" like error.
>(sorry in french it's "Outlook n'a pas pu se connecter")
>Or "unreachable server" like ("Votre serveur n'est pas
disponible") when
>trying to reconfigure the mailbox from outlook or from
control panel->mail
>nb : I didn't check Outlook after W2k reinstall and
before running SP4
>
>I reinstall Office XP, but always the same.
>
>The station is OK, I can ping the exchange server by it's
name or IP.
>I can even browse server's shareds resources, or get in
the user's mailbox
>by OWA (http://server/exchange)
>
>I also was unable to log from these stations in an other
mailbox with an
>other profile on these station. Even if i use a new user
profile on the
>machine.
>
>There is no clue in the events logs.
>
>Any idea ?
>
>Thanx.
>
>
>.
>

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