Microsoft KB Archive/147278

= XADM: Bulk Import Fails to Create WinNT Accounts for Users =

Article ID: 147278

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q147278



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Exchange Administrator program will produce an error in the event log when you do a Directory Import with the Create Windows NT Account option selected if one of the following two situations are true:
 * If the import file object OBJ-USER contains a predefined Windows NT group (that is, Administrators, Domain Users, etc.)

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 * If the account specified for the OBJ-USER object is a system account that already exists.

The error in the event log is:

Event ID: 251

Source: MSExchangeDSImp

Description: Unable to create a Windows NT account for user XXX (where XXX is the user specified in the .CSV file).

The Exchange account is also not created at this time.



RESOLUTION
If you import a file that matches one of the two situations above, the Create Windows NT Account option should be turned off before running import.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Exchange version 4.0 for Windows NT. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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