Q296720: IIS Faults on Startup if Password Exceeds 14 Characters

Article: Q296720
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 2000,2000 SP1,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWin2000SP2Fix
Last Modified: 24-OCT-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1 Professional 
- Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1 Server 
- Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1 Advanced Server 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you set an IWAM_ account password to one that exceeds 14 characters in
length, IISAdmin may fault on startup.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This
problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

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Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbWin2000SP2Fix 
Technology        : kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Pro kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbWinAdvServSearch kbWin2000AdvServSP1 kbWin2000ProSP1 kbwin2000ServSP1
Version           : :2000,2000 SP1,5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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