XFOR: Self-Registration of Inetcomm.dll Fails During Internet Mail Service Installation (233219)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q233219

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to install the Internet Mail Service on an Exchange Server computer, the following error message may be displayed:
Self registration of the DLL c:\winnt\system32\inetcomm.dll failed.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:
  1. Manually register the Inetcomm.dll file located on your hard disk. To do so, click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\inetcomm.dll, and then press ENTER.
  2. Restart the computer, and then attempt to install the Internet Mail Service again.
If the problem still occurs, you may need to replace the Inetcomm.dll file on your hard disk with the version of the file on the Exchange Server 5.5 CD-ROM. To do so:
  1. Rename the Inetcomm.dll file in the Winnt\System32 folder on your hard disk to Inetcomm.old.
  2. Copy the Inetcomm.dll file from the Exchange Server 5.5 CD-ROM to the Winnt\System32 folder on your hard disk.
  3. Manually register the Inetcomm.dll file as described above, restart the computer, and then attempt to install the Internet Mail Service again.

MORE INFORMATION

For information about a similar problem that causes this same error message to be displayed, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194820 XADM: Cannot Install 5.5 After Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB233219
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