Microsoft KB Archive/258514

= Unable to manage IIS 4.0 when the system locale is set to French =

Article ID: 258514

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q258514



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SYMPTOMS
You cannot use the Windows 2000 IIS snap-in to manage Internet Information Server 4.0 computers that have the system locale is set to French.



CAUSE
Because the encryption laws in France have been modified, Windows 2000 computers with the system locale set to French have the same behavior as Windows 2000 computers using a non-French locale, as follows:
 * Portions of the Internet Information Services 5.0 metabase are encrypted.
 * IIS remote administration uses an encrypted-session protocol (analog to SSL) to avoid transmission of plain text data over the wire.

The current design does not allow you to do the following:
 * To negotiate the encryption level between the IIS Admin client and the Internet Information Server 4.0 computer.
 * To specify the encryption level for a specific management session.

This behavior is by design.



WORKAROUND

 * Use the HTML Internet Admin tool (HTMLA) to manage the Internet Information Server 4.0 computer.
 * Use a Windows NT 4.0 computer to administer the Web Server using the IIS snap-in.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

243087 IIS does not start when French (Canadian) is set as system locale

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