Q166559: XCLN: Setup /q1 Ignores HomeServer & MailboxName in Default.prf

Article: Q166559
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 16-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you install the Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client in quiet mode with
the command

  setup /q1

and create a default profile called Default.prf, some properties such as
HomeServer and MailboxName are not put into the profile correctly; they are just
ignored quietly.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, do one of the following:

- Do not use quiet mode (setup /q1).

  -or-

- Copy the default.prf file to end user's local windir, and run Newprof.exe.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x
client, version 4.0, Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client versions 4.0 and 5.0,
and Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, versions 4.0 and 5.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x
client, version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service
Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. For information on obtaining the
Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
(without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange400 kbExchangeClientSearch kbZNotKeyword kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbExchange400NT kbExchange500NT kbExchange400Win95 kbExchange500Win95
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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