cannot change your password because domain not available

I have a Windows 2003 Std. Ed. domain with 3 DC's.

I have users that log into other domains but have user accounts in my
Windows 2003 domain.
When they attempt to change their password, via Alt-Ctrl-Delete ->
Change password button, they get a message "system cannot change your
password because the <my 2003 domain> domain is not available"

This works just fine in an old Windows 2000 domain, that I'm trying to retire.

Does anyone know what Microsoft tighten up that cause this not to work witih
Windows 2003?

How can I get this to work?

Note: The group Everyone has the ACL "change password" on the user object.

Thanks.

If you try the User Principle Name, for example (E-Mail Removed) can you logon?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"BigMo45" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:C9910EBB-2723-47CC-880C-(E-Mail Removed)...
I have a Windows 2003 Std. Ed. domain with 3 DC's.

I have users that log into other domains but have user accounts in my
Windows 2003 domain.
When they attempt to change their password, via Alt-Ctrl-Delete ->
Change password button, they get a message "system cannot change your
password because the <my 2003 domain> domain is not available"

This works just fine in an old Windows 2000 domain, that I'm trying to retire.

Does anyone know what Microsoft tighten up that cause this not to work witih
Windows 2003?

How can I get this to work?

Note: The group Everyone has the ACL "change password" on the user object.

Thanks.

Sorry I didn't get back sooner, long holiday.

No. I can not change the password using UPN but it does find the domain.
I get an error message: "The user name or old password is incorrect.
Letters in the password must be typed using the correct case."

I reset the user password to a good known one but still get the error
message. No matter what you change the user account password to, you get the
same error.



"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> If you try the User Principle Name, for example (E-Mail Removed) can you logon?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "BigMo45" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:C9910EBB-2723-47CC-880C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a Windows 2003 Std. Ed. domain with 3 DC's.
>
> I have users that log into other domains but have user accounts in my
> Windows 2003 domain.
> When they attempt to change their password, via Alt-Ctrl-Delete ->
> Change password button, they get a message "system cannot change your
> password because the <my 2003 domain> domain is not available"
>
> This works just fine in an old Windows 2000 domain, that I'm trying to retire.
>
> Does anyone know what Microsoft tighten up that cause this not to work witih
> Windows 2003?
>
> How can I get this to work?
>
> Note: The group Everyone has the ACL "change password" on the user object.
>
> Thanks