Upgrade to SP6. If you went from SP3 to SP5, the error would not have occurred (seems
SP4 was more buggy than the stuff it fixed). SP6 fixes most of the errors going from
SP4 to SP5. Thanks Microsoft...
Yes, I use MS DNS. My shop is an MCSP, and I'm an MCP, and my techs are MCSE's, so if
I'm telling you the Microsoft product is flaky, you can rest assured it is. If anybody
would take up for them, I would. Yes, I avoided SP4 and don't have this error. On any
new machine that comes in with NT (since NT4.0 w/SP4 is the OEM version shipping), I
format the hard drive, and install NT4.0. Then upgrade to SP3, then SP5 or SP6. No
errors, and it's stable. Avoid SP4 like the plague. If you are on an SP4 machine, and
are using MS DNS, good luck, because you'll need it eventually.
If the SP6 upgrade doesn't do the trick, get rid of (uninstall) the MS DNS service,
and re-install it. Then apply SP6 again.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Anthony Poisson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:30:13 -0400
>That seems to be what the article I enclosed earlier seems to suggest.
<SNIP>
>Why not just upgrade to SP6a?
>
>Bill
<SNIP>
>Greetings,
>
>Please forgive that this is really an NT question, but it is directly
>related to what I am trying to do with Imail.
>
>I am in the process of getting the perl script subscribe1.pl for Imail from
>imailsrv2.pl
>on the utilities page working. The script is not what I am writing about
>however.
>
>This required the installation of a more recent version of Perl (which I
>did) which requires an upgrade on our part from (NT 4.0) SP4 to SP5. Which
>I did but then M$ DNS stopped working. After rebooting there was an error
>in Event Viewer that "The Microsoft DNS service terminated with the
>following error: The data is invalid."
>
>The zone files were still there and I was able to uninstall SP5 and DNS is
>working again. The same server is our internal DNS server for our network
>so this is a problem.
>And there is some urgency in getting these mailing lists active.
>
>Has anyone run into this before? I tried searching Microsoft Technet Online
>Support but didn't get anywhere. If anyone can offer any suggestions it
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Len
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Keith Pillow, CTO
Sylvan Information Services, Inc.
www.sylvaninfo.net
84 Main Street Warsaw, Virginia 22572
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