Article ID: 246679
Article Last Modified on 6/11/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft COM+ 1.0
This article was previously published under Q246679
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) fails and the Component Services Explorer stops responding (hangs) when DTC is configured for a remote host name and later the remote system is renamed to an invalid name.
RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, do one of the following:
- Rename the remote system with the original name and restart both the local and remote systems. -or-
- Stop the MS DTC service, and follow these steps to reinstall it:
- Stop All Services that will affect the MS DTC installation (SQL Server, Component Services, IISADMIN, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), (File Transfer Protocol) FTP, Protected Storage, and so on.)
- Run msdtc -uninstall from %WINDIR%\System32.
In the registry, remove the following keys (if they exist):
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CID HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSDTC- Delete the DTC log file, %WINDIR%\System32\Dtclog\Msdtc.log.
- Run Dtcsetup.exe from %WINDIR%\System32.
- Manually install DTC, as follows:
msdtc -install
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Launch Component Services Explorer. On the Start menu, point to Programs, Administrative Tools, and then click Component Services.
- Stop MS DTC services by right-clicking My Computer, and then clicking Stop MS DTC.
- Right-click My Computer. Click the Properties - MSDTC tab.
- Change the Default Coordinator setting from Use local coordinator to Remote Host. Select an available Remote Host system, for example, "hostA".
- Go to the "hostA" system, and rename it "hostB". Then, restart the remote system.
- Shut down Component Services on the local system and then re-open it.
- Attempt to open the Computers folder. The following error message is generated:
- You will find the following error logged in the Application log of Event viewer:
Additional query words: dtc msdtc remote com+
Keywords: kbbug kbsysadmin kbdtc kbpending KB246679
