Microsoft KB Archive/260384

= Site Server Express Fails on WHOIS Resolution =

Article ID: 260384

Article Last Modified on 4/22/2003

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server Express

-



This article was previously published under Q260384



SYMPTOMS
WHOIS lookups in Microsoft Site Server Express 2.0 or Microsoft Site Server Express 3.0 Usage Import may fail after November 30, 1999.

When you perform WHOIS queries, you may receive one of the following errors:

Run-time error '5':

Invalid procedure call or argument

-or-

Title: Microsoft Site Server Analysis

Whois did not return any results. Please check that the local domain of your DNS server is specified correctly under options, IP servers. After importing data, IP resolution should be performed before performing whois.

It took 23 seconds.



CAUSE
InterNIC changed the WHOIS servers from whois.internic.net to whois.networksolutions.com. Because UIMPORT.exe is hard coded to look specifically at whois.internic.net, most WHOIS lookups fail as of November 30, 1999.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, apply the hotfix that is mentioned in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

249388 Err Msg: Runtime Error '-2147352560(80020010)':Automation Error



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Site Server Express 2.0 and 3.0.

Additional query words: ss3 ssp3 sse3 sse2 sp6a sp6 winnt windows 2000 win2k

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB260384

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.