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The Domain Controller does not register _GC, _KERBEROS, and _KPASSWD DNS entries when a Windows 2000 server starts

Article ID: 841395

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SYMPTOMS

After you install the security update that is described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011 on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based server, you may experience the following behavior:

When you restart your Windows 2000-based server, the Domain Controller does not register the following DNS entries:

_GC
_KERBEROS
_KPASSWD

When this behavior occurs, users in child domains cannot access resources, and child domain trusts stop working.

Note This problem does not occur when you install the security update that is described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011 on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

To view Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx

RESOLUTION

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

You must have Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed before you install this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You must 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 hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6876     388,368  Advapi32.dll     
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6866      69,904  Browser.dll      
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6824     134,928  Dnsapi.dll       
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6876      92,432  Dnsrslvr.dll     
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6883      47,888  Eventlog.dll     
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6890     143,632  Kdcsvc.dll       
   11-Mar-2004  02:37  5.0.2195.6903     210,192  Kerberos.dll     
   21-Sep-2003  00:32  5.0.2195.6824      71,888  Ksecdd.sys
   11-Mar-2004  02:37  5.0.2195.6902     520,976  Lsasrv.dll       
   25-Feb-2004  23:59  5.0.2195.6902      33,552  Lsass.exe        
   11-Mar-2004  02:37  5.0.2195.6897     123,152  Msv1_0.dll       
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6897     312,592  Netapi32.dll     
   03-May-2004  16:14  5.0.2195.6921     361,744  Netlogon.dll     
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6896   1,028,880  Ntdsa.dll        
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6897     388,368  Samsrv.dll       
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6893     111,376  Scecli.dll       
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6903     253,200  Scesrv.dll       
   05-Feb-2004  20:18  5.0.2195.6896   5,869,056  Sp3res.dll       
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6824      50,960  W32time.dll      
   21-Sep-2003  00:32  5.0.2195.6824      57,104  W32tm.exe

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, stop and restart the Net Logon service after you restart the domain controller.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

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

Additional query words: Win2k Win2000 DC DS Global Catalog SRV missing _GC DNS _KPASSWD DNS _UDP _KERBEROS KDC NETLOGON NETLOGON.DNS

Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp5fix KB841395

Microsoft KB Archive/841395

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