Microsoft KB Archive/270677

= XADM: Event Service Does Not Start and Error 0x80040154 Appears =

Article ID: 270677

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q270677



SYMPTOMS
The Exchange 5.5 Event Service fails to start.

The following Event ID appears in the application event log:

Event ID: 5

Source: MSExchangeES

Type: Error

Description: An unexpected MAPI error occurred 0x80040154



CAUSE
Error 0x80040154 signifies that there is an unregistered .dll file.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, reregister the Event Service .dll files using regsvr32; to do so, follow these steps:  Go to the command prompt, and change directories to the Exchsrvr\bin subdirectory. Enter the following command

regsvr32 .dll

where  is the name of the .dll file (such as &quot;Scripto.dll&quot;). Run the command on the following .dll files:

Scripto.dll

Ss.dll

Esconf.dll





WORKAROUND
When the Event Service fails to start and the error &quot;0x80040154&quot; appears, reinstalling the Microsoft Outlook client on the Exchange server allows the service to start.

To reinstall the Outlook client on an Exchange server, follow these steps:
 * 1) Stop all the Exchange services, and then set the Exchange System Attendant to Disabled.
 * 2) Stop and disable all third party services such as monitoring agents, backup programs, and antivirus programs.
 * 3) Stop the SNMP service.
 * 4) Close all programs.
 * 5) Restart the server.
 * 6) Reinstall the Outlook client on the server.
 * 7) Change the Exchange System Attendant startup back to Automatic.
 * 8) Start the Exchange Services manually except for the Exchange Event Service.
 * 9) Start the Exchange Event Service manually.

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