Microsoft KB Archive/297982

= Mobile Information Server Exchange Server 5.5 Data Provider Restarts After You Stop It =

Article ID: 297982

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mobile Information Server 2001 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q297982





SYMPTOMS
When you stop the Mobile Information Server Exchange 5.5 Data Provider service, the Mobile Information Server Exchange 5.5 Data Provider service automatically restarts. If you attempt to start the service and you do not refresh your services view, you may receive the following error message:

An instance of the service is already running.



CAUSE
The Mobile Information Server Exchange 5.5 Data Provider service, or the Mmis55mbx.exe file, is a Component Services (COM+) service. When you attempt to access the OMA55 virtual root on the Mobile Information Server, Internet Information Server (IIS) and the Message Processor service create a new process.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, you can prevent the Exchange 5.5 Data Provider service from restarting by stopping the Mobile Information Server Message Processor service, as well as the Exchange 5.5 Data Provider service.

NOTE: Wait 20 seconds when cycling COM+ services to make sure that all of the out-of-process processes stop completely.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: mis mmis exch2kpw

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB297982

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