Microsoft KB Archive/296720

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IIS Faults on Startup if IWAM_ account's Password Exceeds 14 Characters

Article ID: 296720

Article Last Modified on 3/2/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0



This article was previously published under Q296720

SYMPTOMS

When you set an IWAM_ account password to one that exceeds 14 characters in length, IISAdmin may fault on startup.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

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