HOWTO: Configure RPC Dynamic Port Allocation to Work with Firewall (154596)[Click] - Remote Procedure Call (RPC) dynamic port allocation is used by remote administration applications such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Manager, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) Manager, and so on. RPC dynamic port allocation will... Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service Cannot Be Paused or Stopped (156522)[Click] - You may receive the following error message when you type NET STOP RPCSS or NET PAUSE RPCSS to stop Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service from a command prompt: The requested pause or stop is not valid for this service. Backup Exec Stops Windows NT RPC Service (170582)[Click] - You may see the error message: The RPC server is too busy to complete this operation. Other symptoms include poor performance, inability to open Control Panel, and inability to open the Services icon in Control Panel. Clicking My Computer takes a long... "RPC Server Is Too Busy" Attempting to Start License Manager (204018)[Click] - When you attempt to start the License Manager tool from any domain controller, you may receive the following error message: RPC Server is too busy. When this occurs, remote procedure calls still work correctly for other tools such as Event Viewer,... Troubleshooting "RPC Server is Unavailable" in Windows (224370)[Click] - When you perform any of the following server-based tasks, you may receive an "RPC server is unavailable" error message: Replication Winlogon Enable trusted relationships Connect to domain controllers Connect to trusted domains User authentication NOTE... RPC Error Messages Returned for Active Directory Replication When Time Is Out of Synchronization (257187)[Click] - When you are viewing the status of Active Directory replication between two domain controllers, the following messages may be displayed for the result of the last replication attempt: The RPC server is unavailable. -or- The RPC server is too busy to... RPC Security Callback Has No Implicit Security Context (259489)[Click] - Calls to RpcImpersonateClient , RpcBindingInqAuthClient , or any function that expects an implicit security context may not succeed and may generate one of the following error messages: RPC_S_NO_CALL_ACTIVE ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED This behavior can occur... Changes in RPC Cause Impersonation to Behave Differently (264316)[Click] - Changes in Remote Procedure Call (RPC) between Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 have changed the way that impersonation works in Windows 2000. This may cause problems with any program that uses impersonation and RPC calls. This includes RPC... RPC Endpoint Mapper May Register the Same Interfaces (265254)[Click] - When Remote Procedure Call (RPC) listens on a specific network address, the full machine name is returned instead of the network address that you asked to listen. RPC Server Service Stops Responding (272303)[Click] - If a malicious user transmits a malformed Remote Procedure Call (RPC) client packet to a Windows 2000-based computer, the RPC Server service on the host computer may stop responding (hang). If this occurs, you must restart the host computer for the... Standalone Server Receives RPC Error When You Open User Properties (271836)[Click] - In the Users folder of the Local Users and Groups (Local) snap-in, viewing the properties for a user and clicking the NetWare Services tab may generate an error message that states "The RPC server is unavailable." This error occurs only on standalone... Problem in Client Program May Cause a Server Thread to Wait Forever in the RPC Pipe Model (293829)[Click] - In the RPC pipe model, when a problem occurs in a client program, the server thread that is performing the push and pull operations may not recognize that a problem has occurred. If client program quits because of an error, the server thread may wait... Slow Performance Transferring Large Data Blocks with RPC (301117)[Click] - When you transfer large blocks of data by using RPC over the NCACN_IP_TCP protocol, a performance drop may occur in Windows 2000. When the request exceeds 128 kilobytes (KB), the transfer rate is only roughly .87 MB/second. RPC Returns an Incorrect Error Code (299773)[Click] - In some cases, Remote Procedure Call (RPC) may return an incorrect ACCESS_DENIED error code when the correct code should be ERROR_PASSWORD_MUST_CHANGE, ERROR_PASSWORD_EXPIRED, ERROR_ACCOUNT_DISABLED, or ERROR_INVALID_LOGON_HOURS. "RPC Server Is Too Busy" Error Message and Event 1723 When You Try to Promote Your Server (305194)[Click] - When you run the Active Directory Installation Wizard (DCPromo.exe), you receive the following error message: RPC Server is too busy Additionally, information similar to the following may appear in the DCPromo log file (Dcpromo.log): 07/11 12:43:30... RPC Errors When Connecting a Cluster Virtual Server with Named Pipes (306985)[Click] - When you attempt to connect to a virtual server on a server cluster, Remote Procedure Call (RPC) errors and general connectivity issues may occur. This behavior may occur with any RPC-based program (such as Cluster Administrator, Event Viewer, or... RPC with SSL Does Not Work and Generates an Error Message (315319)[Click] - A remote procedure call (RPC) with SSL may not work, and may generate an "Error 5, Access Denied" error message. This may occur even if the SSL three-way handshake is successful. The RPC Service Stops with Event ID 7031 (327148)[Click] - An access violation may occur in Svchost.exe, and the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service may stop. The following error message is recorded in the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7031... The Cluster Service Detects RPC Errors 1726 and 1722 (326330)[Click] - The Cluster service may detect Remote Procedure Call (RPC) errors 1726 and 1722. The Cluster service uses RPC communications for various purposes such as Global Update Manager (GUM) updates and replicating event messages. This error occurs on Xeon... "Incompatible Version of the RPC Stub" Error Message with the InstallShield Program (321915)[Click] - When you install a program that uses the InstallShield program, you may receive the following error message: Unhandled Exception Error: 0x80070725 Description: Incompatible version of the RPC stub. Setup will now terminate. An RPC Error Occurs When You View Services on a Remote Computer (323790)[Click] - When you try to view or manage services on a remote Microsoft Windows XP-based computer by using the Services snap-in (Services.msc), you may receive the following error message: Unable to open service control manager database on \\ computer . Error... MS03-010: Flaw in RPC Endpoint Mapper Could Allow Denial of Service Attacks (331953)[Click] - There is a vulnerability in the part of the remote procedure call (RPC) functionality that deals with message exchange over TCP/IP. The vulnerability results because of incorrect handling of malformed messages. This particular vulnerability affects... "RPC Server Is Unavailable" Error Message When You Try to Establish a Trust Between Domains (329705)[Click] - When you try to establish a trust between Windows 2000 domains, you receive an error message similar to one of the following: RPC server was unavailable -or- Information from the primary domain controller name for the domain cannot be obtained because... Active RPC Connections Are Closed (810008)[Click] - If you use a remote procedure call (RPC) to communicate with a remote application, you may see active connections end. In your client application you may see the following error messages: 800706be -or- 800706ba RPC Error 0x80080005 Is Returned from a COM Program (811368)[Click] - You may receive the following Remote Procedure Call (RPC) error message: 0x80080005, Server Execution Failed. How to Remove COM Internet Services (CIS) and RPC over HTTP Proxy Support (825819)[Click] - This article describes how to disable or remove Component Object Model (COM) Internet Services (CIS) (Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000) and RPC over HTTP Proxy (Windows Server 2003) support. RPC over HTTP version 1 (Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000) and... You Receive the "RPC Server Is Too Busy" Error When You Force Replication Between Two Domain Controllers (826894)[Click] - When you try to use Active Directory Sites and Services (Dssite.msc) to force replication between two domain controllers in the same site, you may receive the following error message: The RPC Server is too busy Restricting Active Directory Replication Traffic to a Specific Port (224196)[Click] - By default, Active Directory replication over RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) takes place dynamically over an available port via the RPC Endpoint Mapper (RPCSS) using port 135; this is the same as Microsoft Exchange. As with Microsoft Exchange, the... Win32 LookupAccountSid()[Click] Function May Not Work in Certain Conditions (268581)[Click] - When the Win32 LookupAccountSid function is called by multiple users, it may not work. This occurs when multiple users makes an RPC call to the server. For each RPC call coming from the client, the server impersonates the client user and calls... Denial-of-Service Attack Possible from Linux RPC Client (262388)[Click] - If Windows 2000 receives a Server Message Block (SMB) packet with an invalid length, it may corrupt memory. The corruption will usually cause a blue screen error message. Cluster Service May Not Start After You Restrict Available IP Ports for Remote Procedure Call (258469)[Click] - When you restrict the available Internet Protocol (IP) ports that are available for remote procedure call (RPC) dynamic port allocation by adding the DCOM Internet key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RPC registry key, the Cluster service... Random Problems in the RPC Runtime in the Cluster Service (818177)[Click] - The Cluster service may randomly stop working, and exception errors may be written to the Cluster log file. A Windows 2000 Client May Display "RPC_S_INVALID_TAG" When Connecting to UNIX Systems (316406)[Click] - RPC-based programs that run on a Windows 2000-based client may not work when the client connects to UNIX servers (such as SUN or Hewlett-Packard). Access Violation Occurs When You Start the Cluster Service (816869)[Click] - When you start the Cluster service on a cluster node, an access violation error may occur in a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) string-handling routine. Add Printer Wizard Forces HTTP Connections to Windows 2000 Internet Print Servers (222078)[Click] - When you make a connection to a Windows 2000 Internet print server using the "Connect to an Internet Printer" option in the Add Printer Wizard, the port is automatically installed as an HTTP printer port. There is no attempt to test for RPC... NetWare Login Script Error Message When Editing User Properties (251180)[Click] - When you use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to edit new or existing users, you may receive the following error message: Windows cannot get the user's Netware login script file because: The RPC server is unavailable. If you click OK,... Problems When Windows 2000 Locale and Computer Name Do Not Match (248879)[Click] - When you change the system locale on your Windows 2000-based computer, and then restart your computer, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: An access violation error message is generated. The Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service is... Clients May Leak Handles if the Server-Side Process Quits Because of an Exception (304481)[Click] - When a server-side portion of an RPC-based program fails because of an exception, clients that try to connect to the server-side process may leak handles. "Error 1721" Error Message Occurs When You Use Cluster Administrator (Cluadmin.exe) (826154)[Click] - When you use Cluster Administrator (Cluadmin.exe) to connect to a cluster, if you use a parameter other than the "." parameter (without the quotation marks), you receive the following remote procedure call (RPC) error message: Error 1721 Not enough... "Operation Could Not Be Completed" When Using Add Printer Wizard (158042)[Click] - When you create a printer (either a local printer or a remote network printer) by using the Add Printer Wizard, you may receive one of the following error messages: Operation could not be completed. The RPC Server is unavailable. Operation could not... Random Access Violations Occur in Rpcss (326964)[Click] - An access violation may occur in Svchost.exe, and the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service may stop with the following error in the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7031 Description: The... High CPU Usage by RPCSS When You Start the Computer and Run a Service That Uses DCOM (319989)[Click] - When you start your computer, Remote Procedure Call Server Service (RPCSS) may use a lot of CPU resources. This may occur if your computer runs a DCOM program that uses Remote Procedure Call (RPC) when the computer starts. This problem may occur... Reoccurring WAN Traffic Every Five Minutes May Cause High Line Costs (311736)[Click] - If you have a trust across a wide-area network (WAN) line, you may notice that the WAN line is used every five minutes. If you trace the traffic, you see Remote Procedure Call (RPC) requests that contain an "Authenticated Users" string in the data... MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC May Allow Code Execution (823980)[Click] - Microsoft originally released this bulletin and patch on July 16, 2003, to correct a security vulnerability in a Windows Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface. The patch was and still is effective in... Cluster IP Resource Fails with Event ID 1048 After Network Change (267548)[Click] - When you attempt to start Cluster Administrator, you may receive the following error message: An error occurred trying to open the cluster at . The RPC Server is unavailable Error ID: 1722 (000006ba) Also, the following errors may appear... MS03-039: A Buffer Overrun in RPCSS Could Allow an Attacker to Run Malicious Programs (824146)[Click] - Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a protocol that is used by Windows. RPC provides an inter-process communication mechanism that allows a program that is running on one computer to seamlessly access services on another computer. The protocol itself is... HOWTO: JIT Debug a COM Local Server (198623)[Click] - When an exception (for example, an access violation) is thrown from within a COM method, the server gets the first chance to handle the exception. If the server does not handle the exception, the COM/remote procedure call (RPC) run time handles it and... PRB: RPC Numeric Endpoints Should Not Contain Leading Zeros (256881)[Click] - When you run a RPC program on a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computer or a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, if the remote program runs on a Microsoft Windows 95-based computer or a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer, the use of numeric... Active Directory Replication and Knowledge Consistency Checker Fail without Trusted Domain Object (257844)[Click] - In the event log of a Windows 2000 domain controller, one of the following error messages may appear: From the source "NTDS Replication", Event ID 1645: The Directory Service received a failure while trying to perform an authenticated RPC call to... Setting Callback Method Does Not Work Repeatedly Using DCOM (278046)[Click] - A program that registers a callback method to a DCOM object may not register a callback method after a restart. The failure response that is returned to the program is E_OUTOFMEMORY. Windows 2000-Based Exchange Server May Run Out of Virtual Address Space (267056)[Click] - When the Microsoft Exchange Store service that is running on your Windows 2000-based computer finds most of its threads blocked, it may start to create new threads, causing your computer to either fragment or run out of virtual address space. How to Restrict FRS Replication Traffic to a Specific Static Port (319553)[Click] - This article describes how to configure a static port for File Replication service (FRS) traffic. NOTE : The functionality that is described in this article is a post-Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) feature. Therefore, the information in this... How to Configure a Firewall for Domains and Trusts (179442)[Click] - This article describes how to configure a firewall for domains and trusts. How to Use Portqry.exe to Troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server Connectivity Issues (310298)[Click] - This article describes how to use Portqry.exe to troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server connectivity issues. You can use the Portqry.exe command-line utility to troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity issues. Portqry.exe runs on Windows 2000. Portqry.exe... List of Networking Fixes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (324947)[Click] - Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) fixes the following networking problems: Multiple IP Addresses on a TCP/IP Interface May Cause a Stop 0x50 Error in Tcpip.sys In a multi-threaded IP situation, under a heavy load, one thread may read data and be... Remote Procedure Call Datagram Runtime Component Leaks Firewall Ports on the Client Side (814622)[Click] - When you use a program that performs many of the Cluster Application Programming Interface (API) OpenCluster and CloseCluster function calls in quick succession, the program may run out of resources and stop responding (hang). Windows NT and Windows 2000 Print Browsing Architecture (161734)[Click] - Windows NT and Windows 2000 leverage the familiar browsing mechanism found in File Manager to enumerate printers for remote printing. This article describes the mechanism used for print browsing in a Windows environment and the registry keys that... Error Message Accessing SMB Server on UNIX with "NET VIEW" or "NET USE" Command (258977)[Click] - When you try to access a Server Message Block (SMB) server on Sun Solaris or other UNIX versions by using the net view or net use command from a Windows 2000-based computer, you may receive the following error message: Error 1734: \\ servername is not... Printing Preference Options Are Not Available When You Use Internet Printing Protocol (819763)[Click] - When you view the properties of a printer that is configured to use Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and then you click Printing Preferences , some of the printing preferences options do not appear. The options do appear when you configure the printer... Some Windows 2000 Professional Procedures Do Not Work If the Remote Procedure Call Service Is Disabled (830071)[Click] - When you restart your computer that runs Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, the following conditions may occur: You cannot move icons on the desktop. You cannot view event log entries. You can open the Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC),... How to Use Portqry to Troubleshoot Active Directory Connectivity Issues (310456)[Click] - Portqry is a command-line utility that you can use to help troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity issues, which you can run on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The utility reports the port status of target Transition Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram... Some Network and Dial-Up Connections Icons May Be Missing (254631)[Click] - After you click Start , point to Settings , and then double-click Network and Dial-up Connections , or Right-Click My Network Places on the desktop and select properties, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The network adapter... List of Services that Start and Run Automatically When You Start Windows 2000 Server (286141)[Click] - This article lists the services that are running on the computer when you start your Windows 2000 Server-based computer by using Normal mode, Safe mode, and Safe Mode with Networking options. List of Security Fixes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (821665)[Click] - This article describes the following security-related bugs and update scenarios that are addressed in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4). A List of the Windows Server Domain Controller Default Ports (289241)[Click] - This article describes the most common ports, protocols, and services that are opened on a Windows 2000-based or a Windows Server 2003-based server that is running Active Directory. The purpose of this article is to list the different services and... List of Message Queuing Fixes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (324946)[Click] - Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) fixes the following Message Queuing (also known as MSMQ) bugs: Message Queuing ActiveX Control is Registered as Safe for Scripting A malicious Web site can use this vulnerability to perform Message Queuing operations... SYSVOL Directory Is Slow to Synchronize, Delays Creation of SYSVOL Share and Domain Controller Registration (250545)[Click] - Replica or backup Windows 2000 domain controllers may be slow to synchronize the contents of the system volume, which may delay the registration of a promoted computer as a domain controller. How to Troubleshoot the File Replication Service and the Distributed File System (272279)[Click] - This article discusses how to troubleshoot the File Replication service (FRS) and the Distributed file system (Dfs). The main emphasis, however, of this article is to discuss a general procedure which can help you to troubleshoot FRS problems. HOW TO: Set Up Gateway for NFS to Provide UNIX File Services to Windows Clients (324085)[Click] - One obstacle to migrating from UNIX to Windows is file sharing. If you have a UNIX computer with files shared out via NFS then you can make that share available to all Windows computers in the network without installing additional software on them.... Troubleshooting Missing Network and Dial-Up Connections Icons (329050)[Click] - This article describes troubleshooting methods that you can use to resolve missing Network and Dial-up Connections icons. The following issues may occur if you click Start , point to Settings , and then double-click Network and Dial-up Connections or... WMI Event Registration Leak (327542)[Click] - Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) does not tear down temporary event registrations when the corresponding sink becomes invalid. An invalid sink can occur in the following scenarios: A client did not cancel the event registration... Memory Leak Occurs After You Install Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 (825237)[Click] - A memory leak condition may occur on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4-based servers that also have Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) installed. When you try to log on to the server computer, you may experience any of several memory errors. Additionally,... RAS Servers Using TCP/IP and Dynamic Addresses Need WINS (161427)[Click] - When two RAS servers dial each other with TCP/IP as the protocol, and use dynamic IP addressing, WINS must be used for them to resolve each other's NetBIOS names. LMHOSTS or HOSTS file entries will not be sufficient, because of the dynamic IP... How to Delete Corrupt Event Viewer Log Files (172156)[Click] - When you launch Windows Event Viewer, one of the following error messages may occur if one of the *.evt files is corrupt: The handle is invalid Dr. Watson Services.exe Exception: Access Violation (0xc0000005), Address: 0x76e073d4 When you click OK or... Description of Group Policy Enrollment (198721)[Click] - The process of transferring a policy defined in a Group Policy Object (GPO) from its Active Directory home container to one or more recipient objects (user or computer) is known as Policy Enrollment. Free Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for Administrative Tasks (274305)[Click] - The Windows 2000 Resource Kit includes many tools to help you with performing administrative tasks, automating application deployment, and other jobs. Note: These tools are designed to be installed and run only on Microsoft Windows 2000. They are... TCP/IP Port Print Throughput on Windows 2000 is Slower Than on Windows NT4 and Windows XP (318955)[Click] - TCP/IP port print throughput on Windows 2000 is much slower than on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows XP. RPCSS OXIDResolver Pings Must Fall Back to Endpoint Mapper (325409)[Click] - Currently, DCOM on a Win32 system cannot talk to DCOM on other systems, such as VMS. Unbinding Client for Microsoft Networks Does Not Disable Shares (228010)[Click] - When you unbind the Client for Microsoft Networks, you do not disable shares on your computer. Err Msg: The NetBEUI Protocol Service Could Not Be Stopped (238377)[Click] - When you attempt to stop the NetBEUI Protocol service using the "net stop nbf" command, you may see the following output: The NetBEUI Protocol service is stopping...... The NetBEUI Protocol service could not be stopped. Local Users and Groups Snap-in Error Message Does Not Indicate a Windows 95/98 Target Computer (238378)[Click] - When you are using the Local Users and Groups Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and you choose a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 as the target computer, the following error message is displayed: Unable to access... Troubleshooting Server Message Block Inbound Connection Limit in Windows Peer-to-Peer Workgroup (328459)[Click] - In a peer-to-peer workgroup, when you try to connect to the network resources of a computer that is running any of the products listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive either of the following error messages: Operating system error 71.... "Replication Access Was Denied" Error Messages Occur After You Promote a Server to Domain Controller (329860)[Click] - After you promote a Windows 2000 Server computer to act as a domain controller, you may experience the following issues: The computer account for the new domain controller does appear in the Domain Controllers container when you open that container... gethostbyname()[Click] Does Not Return Cluster Virtual IP Addresses Consistently (257577)[Click] - If your program uses the gethostbyname function, the returned list of IP addresses may not include the virtual IP addresses created by the Cluster service, or it may list IP addresses that are not currently owned by this node. Internet Protocol Numbers (289892)[Click] - Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 have the ability to define Internet protocol (IP) packet filters for protocol numbers. IP packet filters are commonly used to restrict traffic in and out of each interface. DCOM Client May Put Memory on the Wire (300367)[Click] - A Microsoft client application that uses a COM+ DLL on a remote computer may leak memory from the client computer onto the network. The particular information that would be put on the network would depend on what applications were running, what data... New features and functionality in PortQry version 2.0 (832919)[Click] - This article discusses the new features and functionality that are available in PortQry Command Line Port Scanner version 2.0. PortQry version 1.22 is a TCP/IP connectivity testing utility that is included with the Microsoft Windows Server 2003... CrashOnAuditFail with Logon/Logoff Auditing Causes Blue Screen (178208)[Click] - When you shut down your computer, the computer may stop responding (hang), and you may receive the following error message on a blue screen: STOP 0xC0000244 An attempt to generate a security audit failed This behavior may occur even if the audit log... Replication of License Manager Information Unsuccessful (198132)[Click] - Information from the Microsoft License Logging service (LLS) may not be replicated from a licensing server, in either Per Seat or Per Server mode, to the License Master server. When this occurs, Event Viewer may contain the following error message:... INF: Order of Installation for SQL Server 6.5 MSMQ 1.0 Clustering Setup (192708)[Click] - When you set up a new SQL Server for clustering, Microsoft recommends a specific order of installation. This article documents the optimal procedure for installing multiple Microsoft products, including Internet Information Server (IIS), Cluster... FRS Replication Protocol and Topology for SYSVOL Content (220140)[Click] - The File Replication Service (FRS) is a multi-threaded, multi-master replication engine that replaces the LMREPL service in Microsoft Windows NT 3.x and 4.0. Windows 2000 domain controllers and servers use FRS to replicate system policy and login... Initiating Replication Between Active Directory Direct Replication Partners (232072)[Click] - The article describes four ways of initiating replication between direct replication partners. These methods are: Using the Active Directory Sites and Services MMC snap-in Using the command-line Repadmin.exe tool from the Windows 2000 Support Tools... Terminal Server Client Connections and Logon Limited by MaxWorkItem and MaxMpxCt Values (232476)[Click] - After multiple Terminal Server clients establish a session with a server running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, additional clients cannot connect. When this occurs, in some cases, clients cannot browse certain servers or... XADM: Message Tracking for Two Exchange 2000 Server Virtual Machines on a Cluster Are Written to the Same Log (257309)[Click] - When you run multiple Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Virtual Machines (VMs) in a clustered environment, and you have message tracking enabled for both VMs, the tracking information for both VMs may be written to the log of only one of the VMs, even... Error Message: The Wizard Cannot Gain Access to the List of Domains in the Forest (259374)[Click] - When you attempt to use Dcpromo.exe to move a Windows 2000-based server into an existing domain, the following error message may be displayed: Active Directory Installation Wizard The wizard cannot gain access to the list of domains in the forest. The... How to Perform a Disaster Recovery Restoration of Active Directory on Dissimilar Hardware (263532)[Click] - This article describes how to perform a disaster recovery restoration of a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controller where the computer to which you want to restore Active Directory has a different hardware configuration than the computer on... Auditing Does Not Report Security Event for Resetting Password on Domain Controller (267556)[Click] - If you choose to audit success and failure with the "Audit account management" policy, the auditing does not report the expected success event in the Security log when an administrator resets the user password on a domain controller. Windows 2000 Remote Access Service Logs Event 20171 (306193)[Click] - On a Windows 2000-based server that is running the remote access service and that you have configured for L2TP connections, the following event may be recorded in Event Viewer: Event Type: Warning Event Source: RemoteAccess Event Category: None Event... Logon Is Slow After You Install SMS Client Service (812346)[Click] - When client computers try to log on to your Windows 2000 domain, there is a delay after the user enters his or her credentials, before logon is complete. The delay may last several minutes. Error Message: Picker Cannot Open Because It Cannot Determine Whether Is Joined to a Domain (816818)[Click] - If you are using a Windows 2000-based computer and you try to modify the NTFS file system permissions on a file or folder on a network share, you may receive one of the following error messages: Object Picker cannot open because it cannot determine... Virus Alert About the Nachi Worm (826234)[Click] - This article contains information about the Nachi worm that exploits the vulnerabilities that were addressed by Microsoft Security Bulletins MS03-026 (823980)[Click] and MS03-007 (815021)[Click]. How to Use the KB 823980 Scanning Tool to Identify Host Computers That Do Not Have the 823980 (MS03-026) Security Patch Installed (826369)[Click] - This article discusses the KB 823980 scanning tool that network administrators can use to identify host computers on their networks that do not have the 823980 security patch (MS03-026) installed. MS03-043: Buffer Overrun in Messenger Service Could Allow Code Execution (828035)[Click] - Microsoft has released security bulletin MS03-043. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security patch, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the... Virus Alert About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants (826955)[Click] - On August 11, 2003, Microsoft began investigating a worm that was reported by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS), and the Microsoft PSS Security Team issued an alert to inform customers about the new worm. A worm is a type of computer virus that... How to Troubleshoot Service Startup Permissions (259733)[Click] - When a service does not start because of a logon failure, the following error messages may be displayed. When you restart the server, the following error messages may be displayed in the system event log: Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7000... Cluster Service Does Not Start on "Joining" Node in Windows 2000 Cluster (272129)[Click] - The Cluster service starts on the first node on a Windows 2000-based cluster, but may not start on a joining node, or a node may not join an existing cluster on the initial installation. The following events may be logged in the system log in... Error Message Occurs When File is Right-Clicked, or Problems Occur When Opening Certain Files in Autodesk or Discreet Products (824136)[Click] - You may experience any of the following symptoms: When you right-click a file, Windows Explorer may quit unexpectedly, or you may receive an "Access Violation" error message, or you may receive the following error message: Windows Explorer has... Description of the License Logging Service in Windows Server Operating Systems (824196)[Click] - License Logging Service (LLS) is a tool that was originally designed to help customers manage licenses for Microsoft server products that are licensed in the Server Client Access License (CAL) model. LLS was introduced with Windows NT Server 3.51. By... Windows NT, Terminal Server, and Microsoft Exchange Services Use TCP/IP Ports (150543)[Click] - This article discusses the known TCP/IP ports (TCP and/or UDP) that are used by services within Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This is not a complete list of TCP/IP port assignments. For additional TCP/IP... ARCserve v2.01 "Not enough server storage is available to process this command" (172281)[Click] - When you install Cheyenne ARCserve v2.01 on a busy Windows NT Server may cause the following message to appear: Not enough server storage is available to process this command. Troubleshooting Event ID 1311: Knowledge Consistency Checker (214745)[Click] - You may see the following entry (with ID 1311 from event source "NTDS KCC") in the Directory Service log: The Directory Service consistency checker has determined that there is not enough physical connectivity published via the Active Directory Sites... Description of Terminal Services License Server Discovery (232520)[Click] - This article describes the discovery process used by Windows 2000-based computers that are running Terminal Services to locate Windows 2000-based Terminal Services Licensing Servers. STOP 0xC0000244 When Security Log Full (232564)[Click] - If the CrashOnAuditFail registry key is set to 1 and the Security Event log is full on a computer running Windows NT, the following blue screen error message may be displayed: STOP: C0000244 {Audit Failed} An attempt to generate a security audit... W32tm Command Generates Error Messages When Run on a Windows 2000 Domain Controller (247321)[Click] - The W32tm command is used to test and maintain time synchronization between workstations and servers in an enterprise. If you use the command on a Windows 2000 domain controller, you may receive an error message in the output of the command if you are... Disabling IPSEC Policy Used with L2TP (258261)[Click] - The RemoteAccess and PolicyAgent services create a policy that is used for L2TP traffic because L2TP does not provide encryption. Under some conditions, it may be useful to disable this policy. Possible Reasons for Disabling this Automatic Policy... Users and Group Replication Is Not in Synchronization with LSA Changes (272476)[Click] - When you revise users and group rights and set user rights assignments, and then replicate these changes, if you look at a different domain controller, the group policy updates are not registered at the target server even though the users and group... NetBIOS Browse List May Not Contain all Domains in a Windows 2000 Environment (280374)[Click] - When two or more Microsoft Windows 2000 domains cross multiple subnets, a NetBIOS browse list may be absent one of the domains. Replication Topology Updates (271988)[Click] - By default, the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) runs its first replication topology check five minutes after the service starts. INFO: Post Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 COM+ Rollup Hotfix 7 Is Available (282896)[Click] - The Post Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 hotfix package 7 contains several Microsoft COM+ fixes to correct the problems that are listed in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: 279703 FIX: Access Violation When You Pass Interfaces Between... Do Not Uninstall 56-Bit Hotfixes After Installing High Encryption Pack (128-Bit) (285782)[Click] - You should not uninstall a 56-bit Windows 2000 hotfix after you install Windows 2000 High Encryption Pack to upgrade Windows 2000 to 128-bit encryption. To determine the encryption level that you are currently using in Microsoft Internet Explorer,... How to Close All Files Opened by Network Clients from the Command Line (290585)[Click] - This article describes how to close all open files on a Windows NT 4.0-based computer or Windows 2000-based computer from the command line. You can use this command to close files on the computer where the files reside, which you may find most useful... FIX: Event System Stops Responding When COM+ LCE Transient Subscriber Is Disconnected (297146)[Click] - When there are two transient subscribers subscribed to the same COM+ event class, where one subscriber is on the same computer as the event class and the other subscriber is on a remote computer, if the remote subscriber is disconnected (for example,... GetNtmsObjectAttribute()[Click] Does Not Return ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER (308483)[Click] - If the GetNtmsObjectAttribute function is called but the buffer is too small, the ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER error response is not returned. The RPS_S_INVALID_BOUND error response is returned instead. MS01-041: The Danish Version of Security Hotfix MS01-041 Is Not Installed (311355)[Click] - When you install the Danish version of Security hotfix MS01-041, you may receive either of the following error messages: Installation failed. Cannot install the catalog files. Failed to install catalog files. about Security hotfix MS01-041 298012... "The Service Did Not Respond to the Start" Error Message and SMTP Virtual Server Does Not Start (319133)[Click] - If you use the Microsoft Internet Information Server Management Console, you may notice that the SMTP Virtual Server has not started. If you try to start the Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager, also called the Internet Services Manager (ISM),... Error 1712 Is Generated When You Promote a Domain Controller to a Global Catalog Server (311874)[Click] - When you promote a replica domain controller in a single domain to a global catalog server, the action is successful but the following entry may appear in the directory service event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: NTDS General Event Category:... Access Violation in Windows 2000 Svchost with a Component Load Balancing Routing Server (320006)[Click] - Component Load Balancing (CLB) in Windows 2000 may experience an access violation in Svchost.exe under high loads. Problems with Cluster Administration Tool When You Have More Than 100 Disks (314753)[Click] - When you start the Cluster Administration utility (CluAdmin.exe) and more than 100 physical disk drives are attached to the cluster server, the Cluster Administration utility may stop responding (hang), and may then generate an access violation error... INFO: DsIsNTDSOnline Does Not Return Quickly as Expected (321029)[Click] - If you call the DsIsNTDSOnline function under certain circumstances, the call may not return quickly, as expected. The time it takes for the call to DsIsNTDSOnline to return depends on the network protocols installed on the client. HOW TO: Configure your ISA Server for a Very Large Number of Authentication Requests (326040)[Click] - This step-by-step article describes how to improve authentication throughput on your ISA Server. If the Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) computer is using NTLM or Basic authentication for a large number of Web clients, you may... FIX: RPC_S_CALL_FAILED When You Use COM Server to Call Multithreaded Client Application (329688)[Click] - When you use MAPI on a single-threaded apartment (STA) thread, COM calls are not successful, and you receive the following error message: RPC_S_CALL_FAILED (0X800706be) How to Disable DCOM Support in Windows (825750)[Click] - The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is a protocol that enables software components to communicate directly over a network. Previously called "Network OLE," DCOM is designed for use across multiple network transports, including Internet... How to Use the KB 824146 Scanning Tool to Identify Host Computers That Do Not Have the 823980 (MS03-026) and the 824146 (MS03-039) Security Patches Installed (827363)[Click] - This article discusses the KB 824146 scanning tool that network administrators can use to identify host computers on their networks that do not have the 823980 (MS02-026) and the 824146 (MS03-039) security patches installed. INF: Order of Installation for SQL Server 7.0 Clustering Setup (219264)[Click] - This article also applies to Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, but only if it is a two-node cluster. Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 does not support more than two nodes. 274446 INF: Upgrade to a SQL Server 2000 Failover Solution Recommended for all... Troubleshooting DVD Problems in Windows 2000 (249334)[Click] - Windows 2000 supports DVD video playback as well as the ability to read DVD-ROMs. This article describes support for DVD video playback and covers the following areas: Requirements for DVD Video Playback Software Decoder Issues in Windows 2000 DVD... HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows 2000 (300202)[Click] - Domain Name System (DNS) is the core name-resolution tool that is used on the Internet. DNS handles resolution between host names and Internet addresses. This step-by-step guide describes how to configure DNS for Internet access. Starting with a... You Experience Slow File Server Performance and Delays Occur When You Work With Files That Are Located on a File Server (822219)[Click] - You may experience one or more of the following symptoms when you work with files over the network: A Windows-based file server that is configured as a file and print server stops responding and file and print server functionality temporarily stops.... Recommended WINS Configuration for Microsoft Cluster Server (193890)[Click] - A Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) with the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) running may have intermittent connectivity problems with clients on remote networks. This is because the cluster network interface card (NIC) is bound to the WINS TCP/IP... Description of the FRS Replication Protocol, Notification and Schedule for DFS Content (220938)[Click] - The File Replication Service (FRS) is a multi-threaded, multi-master replication engine that replaces the LMREPL (LAN Manager Replication) service in previous versions of Microsoft Windows NT. Windows 2000 domain controllers and servers use FRS to... Error 1722 When Starting Cluster Administrator (228480)[Click] - When you start Cluster Administrator on a computer running Microsoft Cluster Server, the following error message may be displayed: A connection to the cluster at clustername could not be opened. This may be caused by the Cluster Service on node... New Password Change and Conflict Resolution Functionality in Windows (225511)[Click] - By default, when a machine account password or user password is changed, or a domain controller receives a client authentication request using an incorrect password, the Windows domain controller acting as the primary domain controller (PDC) Flexible... Flexible Single Master Operation Transfer and Seizure Process (223787)[Click] - This article describes how Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles are transferred from one domain controller to another and how this role can be forcefully appointed in the event that the domain controller that previously held the role is no... Services For Macintosh Uses Default Locale Translation Table to Map Localized Characters (239474)[Click] - Localized Macintosh clients may not be able to interoperate properly with SFM shares on computers running Services for Macintosh (SFM), even though Windows 2000 provides native support for multiple languages. For example, when a Japanese Macintosh... IPSec Does Not Secure Kerberos Traffic Between Domain Controllers (254728)[Click] - The IP Security Protocol (IPSec) does not secure Kerberos or RSVP traffic between Windows 2000 domain controllers, even when the IPSec policy filter is configured to match all IP traffic between the two IP addresses. IPSec, when it is configured to... Client-to-Domain Controller and Domain Controller-to-Domain Controller IPSec Support (254949)[Click] - Using IP Security (IPSec) to protect traffic from a non-domain member to the domain controller is currently not supported in Windows 2000 because it is not possible for non-domain computers to get the initial IPSec policy from the domain controller... HOW TO: Set Up ADMT for Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Migration (260871)[Click] - You can use the Active Directory Migration tool (ADMT) to migrate users, groups, and computers from one domain to another. This article describes how to perform a migration from a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based domain to a Windows 2000-based domain.... XADM: Exchange 2000 Server Reports MSExchangeSA 9074 (279742)[Click] - Microsoft Outlook clients that try to send messages or view the Global Address List (GAL) may receive one of the following error messages: Network problems are preventing connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server computer. Contact your system... Immediate Replication Occurs After You Create Inter-Site Connection Objects (294208)[Click] - Immediate replication may occur when a new replication link is created for the first time, regardless of the schedule that is defined in the connection object. Branch-office deployments consist of a hub site that hosts bridgehead servers and many...