Microsoft KB Archive/906280

= You cannot start the Live Communications Server 2005 MMC on specific computers in your organization =

Article ID: 906280

Article Last Modified on 2/15/2006

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1, when used with:  Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 Enterprise Edition

 Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 Standard Edition 

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to start the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) on specific computers, the MMC does not start. However, you can successfully start the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server MMC from other computers. Therefore, you cannot manage Live Communications Server 2005 from specific computers in your organization.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the computer from which you try to start the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 MMC cannot contact the computer that holds the PDC Emulator operations master role in the root domain of your Active Directory directory service forest.

Note Operations master roles are also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO roles.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, install the software update that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

911996 Description of the update for Live Communications Server 2005: February 10, 2006

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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

324801 How to view and transfer FSMO roles in Windows Server 2003

197132 Windows 2000 Active Directory FSMO roles

Additional query words: FSMO, PDC

Keywords: kbtshoot kbbug kbfix KB906280

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