Microsoft KB Archive/287995

= XADM: Merging Disabled User and Enabled User by Using the ADClean Tool Retains Description of Disabled User =

Article ID: 287995

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q287995



SYMPTOMS
When the Active Directory Connector (ADC) creates disabled accounts in the Active Directory, the description of the account is set to Disabled Windows User Account. If you later use the Active Directory Cleanup Wizard (ADClean) to merge the disabled account with an active account, the description of the enabled account is set to Disabled Windows User Account.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the Active Directory Cleanup Wizard overwrites the description field of the enabled user with the value that was set on the disabled user.



WORKAROUND
It is possible to keep the ADC from writing Disabled Windows User Account in the description of disabled users when they are created. Therefore, when you use the ADClean utility to merge the disabled and enabled user accounts, the description is not set to Disabled Windows User Account.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

288084 XADM: How to Change the Description Set on Disabled Users by the ADC



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.

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