Microsoft KB Archive/303283

= Event 2086 Appears in Event Viewer When You Run Multi-Protocol Services on Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 303283

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q303283



SYMPTOMS
When you run multi-protocol services such as Post Office Protocol (POP), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) over virtual servers, the services stop responding and the following error messages appear in the Event Viewer:

Event ID: 2086 Description: Exchange IMAP4 Virtual Server Instance - (RAWN2): Failed to set the start bit in the metabase in order to start the protocol, check if any process in the system is dead

Event ID: 2086 Description: Exchange POP3 Virtual Server Instance - (RAWN2): Failed to set the start bit in the metabase in order to start the protocol, check if any process in the system is dead

Event ID: 2086 Description: Exchange SMTP Virtual Server Instance - (RAWN2): Failed to set the start bit in the metabase in order to start the protocol, check if any process in the system is dead



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: kbIISCom

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000sp3fix KB303283

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