DOCUMENT:Q230050 TITLE :MSMQ Err: Error While Creating MSMQ Internal Certificate PRODUCT :Microsoft Message Queue Server PROD/VER:1.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS NT KEYWORD :kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Message Queue Server version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you click Renew Internal Certificate in the Microsoft Message Queue Control Panel tool on February 29 of a leap year (for example, the year 2000, 2004, 2008, and so on), the following error message is displayed: Error while creating MSMQ internal certificate. Error: 0x8000ffff CAUSE ===== The Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) program submits a request to set the expiration date of the newly created certificate to 10 years; however, MSMQ does not take into account leap years when it determines the expiration date. For example, if you create a certificate on February 29, 2004, MSMQ attempts to set the expiration date to February 29, 2014. This is an invalid date because it is not a leap year. RESOLUTION ========== Mqrt.dll has been modified to request a validity of eight years rather than 10. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or the individual fix. For information on obtaining the latest service pack, please go to: - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/servicepacks/ -or- - Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack For information on obtaining the individual fix, contact Microsoft Product Support Services. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web: http://support.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/default.asp This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Msmqfixi.exe (x86) and Msmqfixa.exe (Alpha): ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/ hotfixes-postSP4/Y2K/MSMQ-fix/ NOTE: If this product was already installed on your computer when you purchased it from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and you need this fix, please call the Pay Per Incident number listed on the above Web site. If you contact Microsoft to obtain this fix, and if it is determined that you only require the fix you requested, no fee will be charged. However, if you request additional technical support, and if your no-charge technical support period has expired, or if you are not eligible for standard no-charge technical support, you may be charged a non-refundable fee. For more information about eligibility for no-charge technical support, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q154871 Determining If You Are Eligible for No-Charge Technical Support STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Message Queue Server 1.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5. Additional query words: 1.00 personal web server pws ============================================================================ THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.