Microsoft KB Archive/301644

= DNS Server &quot;Forced Scavenge&quot; Does Not Immediately Start Zone Scavenging =

Article ID: 301644

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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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

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This article was previously published under Q301644



SYMPTOMS
DNS server has a forced scavenge option that you can initiate by clicking the Scavenge Stale Resource Records option in the DNS MMC (right-click the server to see options), or by using the dnscmd.exe /StartScavenging command. However, after you use either of the preceding methods, zone scavenging may not start.



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

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time     Version         Size     File name --  7/24/2001   09:07p   5.0.2195.3926   324,368   Dns.exe



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.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbDirServices

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbdirservices kbhotfixserver KB301644

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