Microsoft KB Archive/812680

= DFS Manager Does Not Show DFS Roots =

Article ID: 812680

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

-



SYMPTOMS
On a Windows 2000-based server that is using Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS), you may not be able to administer the DFS root by using Microsoft Management Console (MMC), Dfscmd.exe, or Dfsutil.exe after you restart the server or you restart the Distributed File System service. This problem may occur if the server is configured as described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article to use only DNS in replies to DFS &quot;get referral&quot; queries:

244380 How to Configure DFS to Use Fully Qualified Domain Names in Referrals

When this occurs, you receive the following error message:

The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

If you use Dfscmd.exe or Dfsutil.exe to add a DFS link, you may receive the following error message:

System error 2662 has occurred

When this problem occurs, clients can still access the DFS root.



CAUSE
The problem occurs because the Distributed File System service does not check the registry settings correctly when the service is initialized.



Service Pack Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft 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

Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone 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 typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix 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 -  11-Feb-2003  18:19  5.0.2195.6664  90.896  Dfssvc.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 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp4fix kbqfe kboswin2000fix kbwin2ksp4fix kbhotfixserver KB812680

-

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

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.