[techtalk] Feel good

[Scott]

PS:  I was hoping to get a lot of stuff done this weekend on my Linux 
Internet Connection Sharing machine, but instead Win 2K Service Pack #2 has 
managed to kill the ASP engine I work with and all SQL Server connections.

At 09:46 AM 5/18/2001 -0400, Scott wrote:
>If you are running Linux or anything other than Win 2K this morning, feel 
>good about your choice.  This is an email thread on the Win2K bug track 
>email list this morning.
>
>------------------------------------------------
>
>NOTE: before applying Windows 2000 SP2, our system (W2K DC running Exchg2K &
>MS Proxy Client 2.0) ran FLAWLESSLY for months.
>Symptoms:
>When applying Windows 2000 SP2 to the Windows 2000 SP1 (+ PSP) DC, DNS
>errors appeared, AD tools (at server) became unavailable, and Exchange 2000
>would not start.
>Cause:
>After three days of troubleshooting, I narrowed the problem down to MS Proxy
>Client 2.0 and Service Dependencies referring to NTLMSSP. If ANY, and I mean
>"ANY", service makes reference to:
>DependOnService: NTLMSSP
>DNS bombs and Exchange 2000 refuses to start.
>Removing "DependOnService: NTLMSSP" from ALL Services making references to
>it, allows both DNS and Exchange 2000 to START, but internet access is NOT
>available for ports 25 &110 (Wspcfg.ini) - thus, prevents SMTP & POP3 from
>functioning.
>Resolution:
>Had to do a "Complete System Restore" in order to get system back to it's
>original (SP1) state.
>Anyone else encountering similar problems?
>
>
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