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by james hardy

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We are running a mixed environment network with novell 5.1, GW5.5 and win2k clients.

Our problem is with the win2k clients running the groupwise client. we install it under the admin account on the workstation. However when a user logs on, groupwise creates an error and crashes. We can solve it by allowing the user admin rights and re-installing the client, but surely there must be another way of solving this? Please help

Zenworks isn't an option at this time.

Technet and Novell support cant help.

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by grbeckmeyer

What is the error message? If you can describe exactly what is happening, that may help diagnose the problem

by wolfspirit

Assuming this is only happening on the W2K
clients, it is obviously a permissions problem.
Give the users "power user" status on the W2K
machine so that their profile has enough
security clearance to start processes.

by james hardy

The error message is non descript saying only grpwise.exe has caused an error and will be closed. The power user option cant be used as we are also logging into an NT domain where the user is only allowed access to the user group.

Does this help,

by edb

Try this it resolve most of the problems I have had with GroupWise and Win2k clients. Install GroupWise while logged into the Win2k box as the user.

by sagager

We got the same problem and we fixed doing the following: And you are not going to believe it, but it worked pretty well with no errors for us.
First step before installing Groupwise 5.5 Client on a Win2KP Workstation, you must run and install Windows Messaging System from, read carefully "Windows 95/98". Yes, this is exactly what you read.
You can find this file on the installation CD for Windows 98: X:\Win98se\tools\oldwin95\message\us\wms.exe.
Once this is installed, (you don't need to reboot)
You then install GW Client.
Wait, do not run GW Client yet.
Find the mapi32.dll under c:\winnt\system32 and rename it to mapi32.lld.
Now find yourself a copy of the mapi32.dll file from a Windows NT4 Workstation which is 682K in size and copy it to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32.
Try to run and see if it works.
P.S. You cannot have Outlook of any version installed on the WS.
Good luck!

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