Article: Q290612
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbWinDNA kbGrpDSSIE kbDSupport kbiis400 kbiis500 kbWin2000PreSP2Fix kbWin2000SP2Fix
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you restart the computer or the IISAdmin service, the following event
appears in the event log:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Active Server Pages
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5
Description:
Error: Error while reading default settings. please do regsvr32 asp.dll..
CAUSE
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This event is logged because the installed version of the Asp.dll file is
searching for a metabase key that does not exist. However, the metabase key does
not need to exist because Asp.dll uses a default value. Asp.dll logs this event
log entry to recommend that you reregister Asp.dll as an overly precautious
troubleshooting step.
RESOLUTION
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This event log entry is completely harmless and can be ignored.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be 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 2.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbWinDNA kbGrpDSSIE kbDSupport kbiis400 kbiis500 kbWin2000PreSP2Fix kbWin2000SP2Fix
Technology : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400
Version : :4.0,5.0
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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