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ERROR_SERVER_DISABLED
The account server is in a disabled SAM server state
The SAMR data model includes server and domain state in addition to user and group objects. This result indicates that the account server is currently disabled for an operation that requires an enabled server state. It is a state-machine condition at the security-account service, not a statement that an individual user account has been disabled.
Record the server object and operation being performed, especially in legacy account-management or domain-maintenance code. A blind retry loop is inappropriate while the server remains in the same state. Check the surrounding service, startup, recovery or domain-management transition and compare with ERROR_SERVER_NOT_DISABLED, which reports the opposite precondition.
What to inspect
- Do not confuse SAM server state with the disabled flag on a user account.
- Capture the exact server/domain operation and the machine that returned the status.
- Wait for or repair the account-server state transition before retrying the same request.
References
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