Microsoft KB Archive/154595

= XADM: Directory Won't Start if System Date Later Than 2038 =

Article ID: 154595

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q154595



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to start the Microsoft Exchange Directory service, you may receive the following error message:

Could not start the Microsoft Exchange Directory service on \\servername.

Error 2140: An internal Windows NT error occurred.

In addition, the following events may appear in the application event log:  

Event ID: 5000

Source: MSExchangeIS

Type: Error

Category: General

Description: Unable to initialize the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service. Error 4015.

Event ID: 1121

Source: MSExchangeIS

Type: Error

Category: General

Description: Error 4015 connecting to the Microsoft Exchange Information Server Directory Service.





CAUSE
The Directory service will not start if the system date is later than January 17, 2038.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0 and 5.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: internal id 30d0180 1166 2140

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB154595

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