Windows Component Wizard May Not Work If the Administrator Account is in Many Groups (294272)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
This article was previously published under Q294272 SYMPTOMS
If the Administrator account is a member of many groups (more than 100), you may receive the following error message when you click on the Add/Remove Windows Components button from within Add/Remove Programs:
An error was detected while configuring Certificate Services. The Certificate Services Setup Wizard will need to be rerun to complete the configuration. You must be a member of the Administrators group. The operation completed successfully. 0x0 (0)
Once you click Ok, you may receive another error message:
An error was detected while configuring Certificate Services. The Certificate Services Setup Wizard will need to be rerun to complete the configuration. Certificate Services setup failed with the following error: The data area passed to a system call is too small. 0x8007007a (WIN32: 122)
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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4/5/2001 11:21a 5.0.2195.3457 222,992 Certocm.dll
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/26/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbSecurity kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB294272 |
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