User Device Notifications Are Not Sent When Exchange Notifications Component Is Reinstalled (285071)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mobile Information 2001 Server

This article was previously published under Q285071

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Mobile Information Server, if you remove and reinstall the Exchange Notifications component on a server that is running Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, notifications to user devices may not be sent.

CAUSE

When the Exchange Notifications component that is installed on the Exchange 2000 server is removed, Wnotify.dll is unregistered and deleted. Exchange 2000 then disables event binding to the store so that events are no longer triggered. However, when the Exchange Notifications component is reinstalled, Exchange 2000 does not attempt to send notifications until the Exchange 2000 information store service is restarted or a new binding is created through preferencing.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, use either of the following methods:
  • After you reinstalling the Exchange Notifications component, restart the Exchange 2000 information store service.

    -or-
  • Instruct users to repreference their devices by pointing a browser to the following URL:

STATUS

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

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbbug KB285071