XCON: Access Violation Occurs During Replication When SMTP Service Stops and Restarts (274063)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1

This article was previously published under Q274063

SYMPTOMS

When you replicate between two computers, where one computer has posted to a few newsgroups, and you have a script running to start and stop the SMTP service, the following access violation error message may appear after a few replication cycles:

net use \\nntp2 /u:administrator \\\\"\\\\" remote /c nntp2 inetinfo

This behavior can occur between a domain controller and a member server.

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbnetwork kbProgramming kbQFE KB274063