The Ipsecpol.exe Tool May Run Slowly (275187)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
This article was previously published under Q275187

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit Ipsecpol.exe tool may run very slowly. This issue can occur when you are creating many IP Security (IPSec) objects (roughly 1,000).

CAUSE

This issue occurs because the Ipsecpol.exe tool checks the objects in a way that does not scale for a large number of objects.

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: 
   Date             Time    Size    File name   
   ----------------------------------------
   3/22/2001	03:31p    29,184	Ipsecpol.exe
   3/22/2001	03:31p   312,320	Ipsecpol.pdb
   3/22/2001	03:23p    20,480	Text2pol.dll
   3/22/2001	03:23p   230,400	Text2pol.pdb

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

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



NOTE: This hotfix introduced a new behavior in the ipsecpol.exe Resource Kit utility. The -file option was added. The -file option allows users to specify the command arguments in a file rather than on the command line. The -file option identifies the file which contains the command arguments.

There is a restriction with this release of the Ipsecpol.exe utility when using the -file option. The length of the command argument text (in the file) is limited to 254 characters.

This limitation will be lifted with the Ipsecpol.exe Resource Kit utility in the August 2001 release of the Resource kit.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/18/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE kbWin2000PreSP3Fix KB275187
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