RE: RPC/HTTP on Windows XP Home Edition
- From: "A. Michael Salim" <msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 01:17:21 -0400 (EDT)
Hi,
> The 401.3 error is normal and it means your RPC is working. I think you
> will find on one of Microsoft's RPC over HTTP deployment how-to guides
> that if you get 401.3 that your RPC is fully working.
The problem is that we are not getting the 402.3 error. We are getting a
"hang" with an error message about rundll32.exe instead.
> Have you installed the CERT on your workstation?? RPC over HTTP will not
> work unless the CERT which is running your Outlook Web Access website is
> installed on your workstation.
Yes, cert is installed OK. the https: URL does not complain about the
cert (it would if the cert was installed OK) and OWA also workd
(using the secure URL https://.../Exchange)
Best regards
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.houseman@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 12:33 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: RPC/HTTP on Windows XP Home Edition
>
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
>
> 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
>
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
>
> 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/E2k3RPCHTTP
> Dep/
> > > 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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