Article ID: 316259
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
This article was previously published under Q316259
SYMPTOMS
When you use Dnscmd.exe to manage all of your zones with the ..AllZones parameter, you may receive six errors each time the DNS Server service is started. This symptom may occur after you run the dnscmd /Config ..AllZones /AllowUpdate 0x2" command. After you do so, the following errors are logged in the Event Log every time the DNS Server service is started:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 501
Date: <date>
Time: <time>
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The DNS server has detected that the zone 0.in-addr.arpa has a missing
or corrupted zone type in registry data. To correct the problem, you
can delete the applicable zone subkey, located under DNS server
parameters in the Windows 2000 registry. You can then recreate the
zone using the DNS console. For more information, see "Tuning advanced
server parameters" and "Add and Remove Zones" in the online Help.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00 ....
Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 500
Date: <date>
Time: <time>
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The DNS server has detected that the zone 0.in-addr.arpa has invalid
or corrupted registry data. To correct the problem, you can delete
the applicable zone subkey, located under DNS server parameters in
the Windows 2000 registry. You can then recreate the zone using the
DNS console. For more information, see "Tuning advanced server
parameters" and "Add and Remove Zones" in the online Help.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00 ....
Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 501
Date: <date>
Time: <time>
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The DNS server has detected that the zone 127.in-addr.arpa has a missing
or corrupted zone type in registry data. To correct the problem, you
can delete the applicable zone subkey, located under DNS server
parameters in the Windows 2000 registry. You can then recreate the
zone using the DNS console. For more information, see "Tuning advanced
server parameters" and "Add and Remove Zones" in the online Help.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00 ....
Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 500
Date: <date>
Time: <time>
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The DNS server has detected that the zone 127.in-addr.arpa has invalid
or corrupted registry data. To correct the problem, you can delete the
applicable zone subkey, located under DNS server parameters in the
Windows 2000 registry. You can then recreate the zone using the
DNS console. For more information, see "Tuning advanced server
parameters" and "Add and Remove Zones" in the online Help.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00 ....
Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 501
Date: <date>
Time: <time>
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The DNS server has detected that the zone 255.in-addr.arpa has a missing
or corrupted zone type in registry data. To correct the problem, you
can delete the applicable zone subkey, located under DNS server
parameters in the Windows 2000 registry. You can then recreate the
zone using the DNS console. For more information, see "Tuning advanced
server parameters" and "Add and Remove Zones" in the online Help.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00 ....
Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 500
Date: <date>
Time: <time>
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The DNS server has detected that the zone 255.in-addr.arpa has invalid
or corrupted registry data. To correct the problem, you can delete
the applicable zone subkey, located under DNS server parameters in
the Windows 2000 registry. You can then recreate the zone using the
DNS console. For more information, see "Tuning advanced server
parameters" and "Add and Remove Zones" in the online Help.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00 ....
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
The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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25-Feb-2002 15:14 5.0.2195.49 324,368 Dns.exe
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
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