XADM: Error 0xc00206b7 When You Start the Exchange Server System Attendant on a Windows 2000-based Server (267573)

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

When you start the Exchange Server system attendant on a computer that runs Microsoft Windows 2000, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Source: MSExchangeSA
Event ID: 1028
Description: Unexpected error - There are no protocol sequences available. NT ID 0xc00206b7

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Event Type:Error Event Source:MSExchangeSA Event Category:General Event ID:1005 Description: Unexpected error - There are no protocol sequences. Facility: Win32 ID no: c00706b7 Microsoft Exchange System Attendant occurred.

Exchange Sever Setup is also unable to start the system attendant, and the following event is written in the application Event Log:

Event ID: 1005 from the MSexchangeSA with the error code 0xc00206b7

The following event may also appear in the application Event log:

Source: MSExchangeSA
Category: General
Event ID: 1005
Description:
Unexpected error. There are no protocol sequences. Facility: Win32 ID no: c00706b7 Microsoft Exchange System Attendant occurred.
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RESOLUTION

Replace the key in the registry and it enables the system attendant to start.

NOTE: Import this registry key from a Microsoft Windows 2000-based server that has the same protocols installed on it. You can manually rebuild the ClientProtocols folder and add all the protocol values, but it is recommended that you import this key from a Windows 2000-based server running with the same protocols.

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You can manually add the needed registry key and values. To do this, perform the following steps:

Open regedit.
Browse to the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Rpc key.

Under RPC, If there is not a subkey named ClientProtocols, add one. Under the subkey named ClientProtocols, if any of the following values and data strings are missing, add them.

Value 0
  Name:            ncacn_http
  Type:            REG_SZ
  Data:            rpcrt4.dll
 
Value 1
  Name:            ncacn_ip_tcp
  Type:            REG_SZ
  Data:            rpcrt4.dll
 
Value 2
  Name:            ncacn_nb_tcp
  Type:            REG_SZ
  Data:            rpcrt4.dll
 
Value 3
  Name:            ncacn_np
  Type:            REG_SZ
  Data:            rpcrt4.dll
 
Value 4
  Name:            ncadg_ip_udp
  Type:            REG_SZ
  Data:            rpcrt4.dll

Close regedit.