Microsoft KB Archive/290645

= FIX: SQL Server Active Directory Registration Always Reports Success =

Article ID: 290645

Article Last Modified on 11/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290645



BUG #: 352211 (SHILOH_BUGS)



SYMPTOMS
The SQL Server Enterprise Manager (SEM) reports that adding an instance of SQL Server to Active Directory succeeds, even if the registration is not necessarily successful.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 INF: How to Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Log on to a computer that is in a Microsoft Windows NT domain, which is not using Active Directory on the domain controller.
 * 2) Open SEM, right-click the server name, and then click Properties for the local server.
 * 3) Click the Active Directory tab.
 * 4) Click Add.

A message displays with the following text:

Active Directory was updated successfully.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsqlserv2000sp1fix KB290645

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