Article ID: 246215
Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q246215
SYMPTOMS
When you install the Windows 2000 Certification Authority (CA) service and specify a CA common name (CN) that includes a backslash character (\), the installation process finishes but the service does not start.
CAUSE
The policy module Setup code cannot handle a backslash character in the common name of the CA.
RESOLUTION
Do not use the backslash character in the name of the CA.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB246215
