Microsoft KB Archive/281237

= BUG: Cannot Load NLB WMI Provider on a Computer with a Name that Starts with a Numeric Character =

Article ID: 281237

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Application Center 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q281237



SYMPTOMS
The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider for Windows 2000 Network Load Balancing (NLB) will not load on a computer with a name that starts with a numeric character. If you attempt to load the provider, a 0x80041013 &quot;Provider Load Failure&quot; error occurs.



CAUSE
The NLB WMI provider attempts to interpret any server name that starts with a numeric character as an Internet Protocol (IP) address.



RESOLUTION
Do not use computer names that start with numeric characters if you use any product that accesses the NLB WMI provider.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Application Center 2000 uses the NLB WMI provider for clusters that employ NLB load balancing.

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB281237

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