How to obtain the latest hotfix build of the Password Change Notification Service (897195)

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released a new version of the Microsoft Password Change Notification Service (PCNS). This article describes the following items about this build:

Prerequisites for installing this build
The builds that this build replaces
How to download the latest build

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the password change notification issues that are fixed in the latest build of the PCNS.

Issues that build 3.1.1030 fixes

When you use the PCNS on a domain controller (DC) that is running Microsoft Windows 2000, the domain controller may experience one or more symptoms. These symptoms include the following:

The domain controller may stop responding (hang).
The Local Security Authority Subsystem (LSASS) may unexpectedly quit (crash).

The PCNS has been fixed to work correctly on a domain controller that is running Windows 2000.

Issues that build 3.1.1016 fixes

This build corrects a problem where you cannot back up the system state when the PCNS is installed on a domain controller. After you install this build, you can successfully back up the system state.

For more information about MIIS Service Pack 1 (SP1), which includes the PCNS, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/8/52806f99-e80d-4c83-8384-c03349402146/Identity Integration Server Release Notes.htm

MORE INFORMATION

Hotfix build information

Prerequisites

If you are installing the PCNS for the first time, see the product Help documentation for detailed instructions. The following information is noted in the Help documentation:

During the PCNS installation process, the Active Directory directory service schema is verified to make sure that the object classes and attributes that are required to run the PCNS are available. If the object classes and attributes are not available, you receive a message box that prompts you to log on as a member of the Schema Admins group. The message also prompts you to run the following command:
MSIEXEC.EXE /i "Password Change Notification Service.msi" SCHEMAONLY=TRUE
This command extends the Active Directory directory service schema to include the object classes and attributes that are required to install and configure the PCNS.
You only have to extend the Active Directory directory service schema one time for each Active Directory directory service forest. The schema modifications are replicated to all other domain controllers. These attributes are not configured to be stored in the global catalog or to be indexed.

Hotfix build replacement information

This build of the PCNS replaces the following MIIS 2003 cumulative hotfix builds:

Service Pack 1 (SP1) (3.1.287.0)

Download information

To obtain the latest hotfix build of the PCNS, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c0964f2e-fa9f-4fc7-ac13-c43928efee9d

Note To verify that this build has been installed correctly, click the Click Here for Support Information link in the Add/Remove Program interface for the PCNS. If this build has been installed correctly, the version number is 3.1.1016.0.

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates