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You cannot create a diagnostic report for DFS replication on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer during the month of December

Article ID: 912154

Article Last Modified on 3/23/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-Bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to create a diagnostic report for DFS replication on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer, the operation is unsuccessful. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

The Diagnostic Report Wizard could not be completed. Refer to the Errors tab for the specific warning.

The following information appears on the Errors tab:

ReplicationGroupName: The health report cannot be generated. Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

Note In this message, ReplicationGroupName is the name of the replication group against which you were running a health report.

You experience this problem when the system date is in the month of December on the following systems:

The server that you use to create the report
The servers that you include in the diagnostic report

CAUSE

This problem occurs because of an "off-by-one" error in the custom date formatting functionality in Windows Server 2003 R2.

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

Download the 912154 package now.

Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions

Download the 912154 package now.

Release Date: March 2006

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

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

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 item in Control Panel.

Windows Server 2003 R2, x86-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Dfsrhelper.dll	5.2.3790.2590	253,440	10-Dec-2005	03:22	x86

Windows Server 2003 R2, x64-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Dfsrhelper.dll	5.2.3790.2590	870,912	09-Dec-2005	14:00	IA-64

Windows Server 2003 R2, Itanium-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Dfsrhelper.dll	5.2.3790.2590	498,688	09-Dec-2005	13:58	x64

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.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

For more information about how to create a diagnostic report for DFS replication, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/55c95a18-0a8c-420d-85a0-f10913d27fcc1033.mspx

Additional query words: DFSR

Keywords: kbwinserv2003sp2fix kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbpubtypekc KB912154

Microsoft KB Archive/912154

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