Microsoft KB Archive/831252

= Windows 2000 DNS unexpectedly displays no more than 65,536 standard primary DNS zones =

Article ID: 831252

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you have more than 65,536 standard primary DNS zones on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, and you use the Dnscmd.exe command-line tool with the /EnumZones switch to enumerate the zones, only 65,536 zones are displayed.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because of a limitation in the Windows 2000 DNS service.



RESOLUTION
After you apply this hotfix, you can successfully display 8,388,608 standard primary DNS zones by using the Dnscmd.exe tool with the /EnumZones switch.

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date        Time   Version         Size     File name -- 05-Nov-2003 10:29  5.0.2195.6871   327,440  Dns.exe



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



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: dnscmd

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbdns kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwin2000presp5fix KB831252

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