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Event ID 12 After Installing or Upgrading to Windows 2000

Article ID: 256222

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

This article was previously published under Q256222

SYMPTOMS

When you install or upgrade your computer to Windows 2000, the following Event ID may be logged to the application event log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: WINMGMT
Event Category: N/A
Event ID: 12

Description:
Failed to CoGetClassObject for provider "Microsoft|DSLDAPClassProvider|V1.0". Class not registered (0x80040154).

NOTE: This entry appears only for the first restart; subsequent restarts do not log this event.

CAUSE

This event is logged as a result of a timing condition between Windows Setup and the loading of the Windows Management Instrumentation service (Winmgmt.exe). The error message has no effect on the performance of the computer.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior you can ignore the events or clear the entries by clicking Action, and then clicking Clear all Events.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 2000.

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