ADSI Scripts Do Not Work Between Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 Computers (246575)

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to use ADSI scripts on a computer running Windows 2000 to manage IIS on a computer running Windows NT 4.0, or if try to manage IIS on a Windows 2000 computer from a Windows NT 4.0 computer, the following error messages may occur:

From a Windows 2000 computer to a Windows NT 4.0 computer:
0x800CC810 (MD_ERROR_IISAO_INVALID_SCHEMA)
From a Windows NT 4.0 computer to a Windows 2000 computer:
0x80070003 (ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)

CAUSE

Full ADSI management of IIS between different versions of Windows is not fully implemented. The errors are primarily caused by metabase-schema differences between Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

A fix has been generated to allow backward compatibility, thus allowing a computer running IIS 5.0 to remotely administer the metabase on a computer running IIS 4.0 via the IIS Administration Objects (IISAO), the ADSI provider for IIS. For additional information about this fix, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

262739 Can't Administer IIS by Using ADSI on Window NT 4.0 IIS 4.0 from Windows 2000 IIS 5.0 and Vice Versa