"The zone becomes available for scavenging at" date has past and is not updated in the Domain Name System (DNS) zone properties on Windows 2000 Server (884583)

SYMPTOMS

When you use Domain Name System (DNS) on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, and you view the Zone Aging/ Scavenging Properties dialog box in the properties of a zone, the date in the The zone becomes available for scavenging at area is set to a date that has already past. The date does not advance to the next interval time.

Note To view the The zone becomes available for scavenging at area of the Zone Aging/ Scavenging Properties dialog box, you must click to select the Advanced check box on the View menu in DNS.

RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   11-Oct-2004  04:53  5.0.2195.6983  327,440  Dns.exe

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates