Access Violation in MMC with Empty NetBIOS Name

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This article was previously published under Q296887

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SYMPTOMS

When the first domain controller of a new child domain is finished with Dcpromo.exe but has not rebooted yet, attempts to start Active Directory-related MMC snap-ins may generate an access violation. This can also occur if the NetBIOS domain name property in the cross-reference object at

CN=newdomainname,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=rootdomainname

is empty.

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CAUSE

When you install a new child domain in a forest, the cross-reference object in the configuration container is not fully populated yet. MMC snap-ins do not expect the NetBIOS domain name to be empty.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date       Time      Version         Size       File name
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   6/6/2001   03:02p    5.0.2195.3697   207,632    Objsel.dll

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