Article ID: 185448
Article Last Modified on 12/29/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q185448
SYMPTOMS
After you install the Dbview utility from the Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0 CD (by running Dbview.exe from the Docs\Msgdb folder), when you attempt to open a message database file (either Snamsg.mdb or Comtimsg.mdb), the following error message appears:
CAUSE
The Dbview utility was built with a control that expired in January 1998, which causes the failure to occur.
WORKAROUND
The Dbview utility will work if the local machine date is set to 1997 or earlier.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for SNA Server version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
S E R V P A C K
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