diff --git a/src/WINNT/aklog/NTMakefile b/src/WINNT/aklog/NTMakefile
index ed93308e83..034eb920d8 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/aklog/NTMakefile
+++ b/src/WINNT/aklog/NTMakefile
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ AKLOGOBJS = \
 	$(OUT)\aklog.obj \
 	$(OUT)\linked_list.obj
 
+PTERROBJS=$(OUT)\pterror.obj
+
+$(PTERROBJS): $(AFSROOT)\src\ptserver\pterror.c
+	$(C2OBJ) /Fo$@ $**
+
 ASETKEY = $(DESTDIR)\root.server\usr\afs\bin\asetkey.exe
 
 ASETKEYOBJS = \
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ $(ASETKEYOBJS): $$(@B).c
 
 ############################################################################
 
-$(AKLOG) : $(AKLOGOBJS) $(EXELIBS) $(OUT)\aklog.res
+$(AKLOG) : $(AKLOGOBJS) $(PTERROBJS) $(EXELIBS) $(OUT)\aklog.res
 	$(EXECONLINK) $(EXELIBS) $(OTHERLIBS) $(LINKOPTS)
         $(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE)
 	$(EXEPREP) 
diff --git a/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c b/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c
index ded73c2fd2..04907af91c 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c
+++ b/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void ViceIDToUsername(char *username, char *realm_of_user, char *realm_of_cell,
     if (dflag)
     {
         if (*status)
-            printf("Error %d\n", *status);
+            printf("pr_SNameToId Error %s\n",  afs_error_message(*status));
         else
             printf("Id %d\n", viceId);
     }       
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ void ViceIDToUsername(char *username, char *realm_of_user, char *realm_of_cell,
              */
 
             if ((*status = pr_Initialize(1L, confname, aserver->cell))) {
-                printf("Error %d\n", *status);
+                printf("pr_Initialize Error %s\n",  afs_error_message(*status));
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ void ViceIDToUsername(char *username, char *realm_of_user, char *realm_of_cell,
 
             if (*status) {
                 printf("%s: unable to create remote PTS "
-                        "user %s in cell %s (status: %d).\n", progname,
-                        username, cell_to_use, *status);
+                        "user %s in cell %s (status: %s).\n", progname,
+                        username, cell_to_use, afs_error_message(*status));
             } else {
                 printf("created cross-cell entry for %s (Id %d) at %s\n",
                         username, viceId, cell_to_use);
@@ -1552,6 +1552,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
+    if (!noprdb)
+        initialize_PT_error_table();
+
     if (usev5) {
         validate_krb5_availability();
         if (krb5_init_context(&context))