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Symptoms

When you attempt to modify the membership of an Exchange Distribution List you may receive the following error:

Changes to the distribution list membership could not be saved.  You do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object.

This occurs despite the fact that the user attempting to make the change is listed as the Owner of the Exchange Distribution list.

Cause

This is caused by the user's Outlook client making a connection to a Global Catalog server that does not have access to update the distribution list object.

Work Around

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry.

These steps should be carried out only by experienced support personnel.

Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

How to set a specific global catalog server

1. Close Outlook if running.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type regedit.exe, and then click OK.
4. Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\Exchange Provider
   
   Note You may have to create the registry path.
5. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:
   Value name: DS Server
   Data type: REG_SZ (string)
   Value data: GC.AD.UKY.EDU
6. If a Key value exists named Closest GC remove that value.
7. Quit Registry Editor.