Microsoft KB Archive/299894

= Error Message When You Change the Default Virtual Directory to Point to a Newsgroup Drive: Error -2147024773 _ERROR_INVALID_NAME =

Article ID: 299894

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q299894



SYMPTOMS
When you stop the NNTP Server Instance and change the default virtual directory to point to a drive that contains newsgroups, you may receive the following error message in the Event Viewer when you rebuild:

Error -2147024773 _ERROR_INVALID_NAME



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the server encounters newsgroups with special characters in the newsgroup name.



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

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 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 Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

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