Re: Problem runnnig NT service after upgrading to SBS2003

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How did you accomplish the upgrade?

inplace upgrade of existing system? clean install onto new hardware? some
form of domain migration?

"Stephen Conlin" <sconlin55@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I recently upgraded a SBS4.5 network to SBS2003. There are 2 NT4
>workstation
> units that are in the network to run specialty applications. The
> applications run as a service on the NT Workstations and must be set up so
> that they are logged on with the domain/administrator account (in the
> service startup properties). They worked fine with SBS4.5. After migrating
> the NT Workstations to SBS2003, when I try to start the services with the
> domain/administrator account, I get an error message saying that the
> account
> cannot be found or is invalid. The account is clearly okay because I use
> it
> to log on to the NT Workstation in the first place. Its just that I can's
> start a service using that account. The service starts fine with the
> local/administrator account, but not with the domain/administrator
> account.
> Both Workstations have SP6a and I installed the activedirectory client on
> them, but with no luck. Does anyone anve any idea what is going on?
>
> Stephen
>
>


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