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The Internet Connection Sharing area does not appear in the properties of the active network connection after you install Active Directory to configure a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with SP1 as a domain controller

Article ID: 897616

Article Last Modified on 3/26/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

SYMPTOMS

After you install Active Directory to configure a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) as a domain controller, the Internet Connection Sharing area does not appear in the properties of the active network connection. You expect the Internet Connection Sharing area to appear on the Advanced tab of the Properties dialog box for the network connection.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Download information

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Windows Server 2003, x86-based versions:

Download the 897616 package now.

Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions:

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Windows Server 2003, Itanium-based versions:

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Release Date: October 17, 2005

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Hotfix information

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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.

Windows Server 2003, x86-based versions

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   28-May-2005  20:29  5.2.3790.2455     351,744  Hnetcfg.dll      
   28-May-2005  20:29  5.2.3790.2455     264,704  Netman.dll       
   28-May-2005  20:29  5.2.3790.2455   1,812,992  Netshell.dll

Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name    Platform
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455     574,464  Hnetcfg.dll      x64
   31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455     467,456  Netman.dll       x64
   31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455   2,436,608  Netshell.dll     x64
   31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455     351,744  Whnetcfg.dll     x86
   31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455     264,704  Wnetman.dll      x86
   31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455   1,812,992  Wnetshell.dll    x86

Windows Server 2003, Itanium-based versions

    Date         Time   Version            Size    File name    Platform
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455   1,093,632  Hnetcfg.dll      IA-64
    31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455     723,456  Netman.dll       IA-64
    31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455   3,094,528  Netshell.dll     IA-64
    31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455     351,744  Whnetcfg.dll     x86
    31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455     264,704  Wnetman.dll      x86
    31-May-2005  17:11  5.2.3790.2455   1,812,992  Wnetshell.dll    x86

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, configure Routing and Remote Access to use Network Address Translation (NAT). This configuration provides the same capabilities as Internet Connection Sharing. For more information about how to do this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816581 How to configure Network Address Translation in Windows Server 2003

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: Dcpromo.exe promote INetSharingManager Active Directory Installation Wizard

Keywords: kbwinserv2003sp2fix kbwinservnetwork kbtshoot kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB897616

Microsoft KB Archive/897616

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