RE: RPC/HTTP on Windows XP Home Edition
- From: "Carl Houseman" <c.houseman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:33:04 -0400
I would never trust "so the customer tells me" as sufficient proof for a
difficult problem.
I get the same 3 login prompts and same 401.3 failure page for
https://server/rpc on both XP Pro and XP Home. The 3 login prompts before
failure is correct behavior for XP SP2, IIRC.
Plus when Michael B. Smith says something works, or doesn't, he's not
usually guessing.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: A. Michael Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:26 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: RPC/HTTP on Windows XP Home Edition
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Hi Carl,
> Do you have an XP Pro system, in the same physical room with one of the
> failing XP Home systems, that works? If not, how do you know the server
> setup is good, or that you've got the client setup properly?
Yes, exact same room, same network, same firewall as the XP Pro systems
which all work (so the customer tells me, this is at a remote site).
Also, the same failing accounts work when configured on an XP Pro.
> When you go to the https://mailserver/rpc site with a browser, getting
> prompted for the password 3 times and then a failure, is CORRECT behavior.
> Did you try this with XP Pro?
I believe the correct behavior is that you will be presented with the
login/password prompt ONCE, and if you type in the correct login/password,
then you will get an error page, however if you look closely at the error
page, it will be an error 403.2 (not 404 or 500 or any other error). This
is the test that Microsoft Support has had me do on previous occasions
when debugging RPC/HTTP.
Best regards
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A. Michael Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:45 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: RPC/HTTP on Windows XP Home Edition
>
> Hi,
>
> The systems are on SP2, and the article does imply that XP Home Ed is
> supported. Yet these three systems, all running XP Home Ed, are unable to
> RPC/HTTP. Even going to the browser and https://mailserver/Rpc does not
> work, repeatedly asking for password. Yet OWA works fine!
>
> Is there anything "interesting" that needs to be done on XP Home Ed?
>
> Best regards
> Mike
>
> > Quoting from (URL WILL WRAP):
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/E2k3RPCHTTPDep/
> > 91dc76e8-e60f-4f95-a32f-d4de63b263ac.mspx
> >
> > "All client computers that run Outlook 2003 must have either Windows
> Server
> > 2003 or Microsoft WindowsR XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later installed,
> with
> > the following update: 331320, 'Windows XP Patch: RPC Updates Needed for
> > Exchange Server 2003' (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=16687)."
> >
> > No mention about XP Pro required. I'd say go for it.
> >
> > Carl
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A. Michael Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 5:14 PM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RPC/HTTP on Windows XP Home Edition
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a user on MS XP Home Edition with Outlook 2003. Is RPC/HTTP
> > supported on XP Home Edition?
> >
> > Mike
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