Microsoft KB Archive/295426

= XADM: Forestprep Fails with Error 0XC103FC93 =

Article ID: 295426

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 Q295426



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Exchange 2000 setup /forestprep command to join an existing Exchange Server 5.5 site, you may receive the following error message:

Setup encountered an error while attempting to bind to the Exchange server &quot;\\ &quot; 0XC103FC93 (64659); Unable to find object /o=orgname/ou=sitename/cn=configuration/cn=Servers/cn=??servername/cn=Protocols/cn=LDAP



CAUSE
This issue can occur if you type two backslashes (\\) when you type the name of the Exchange Server 5.5 computer.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, when you use the ForestPrep utility, do not type two backslashes (\\) before the name when you are prompted to type the name of the Exchange Server 5.5 computer.

Additional query words: exch2kp2w

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB295426

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