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



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

This article was previously published under Q262739

SYMPTOMS

When you try to administer IIS on a computer running Windows 2000 IIS 5.0 from a computer running Windows NT 4.0 with IIS 4.0 installed by using ADSI, a 0x8007003 (Path not found) error message occurs. Also, if you try to administer IIS on a computer running Windows NT 4.0 with IIS 4.0 installed from a computer running Windows 2000 IIS 5.0 by using ADSI, a metabase error message occurs.

CAUSE

The schema formats are different for IIS 4.0 and IIS 5.0. Therefore, compatibility is broken.

RESOLUTION

To 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     Platform
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   04-07-2000 8:40PM  5.0.2195.2007 245,008 Adsiis.dll    x86
				
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 and Internet Information Services 5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix KB262739