Authentications in error counter values and FileReplicaConn object values are very high in System Monitor

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SYMPTOMS

When you use System Monitor to collect performance data on a domain controller that is running the File Replication service (FRS), you may find that the FileReplicaConn object values and the Authentications in Error counter values are very high (they may range from several hundred to several thousand). The values may increase every five to ten minutes. FRS replication is performed correctly and no error event messages occur.

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RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

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Prerequisites

This hotfix requires Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3). For additional information about how to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack, 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

Restart requirement

You must 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.

   Date         Time   Version             Size   File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   07-May-2003  12:14  5.0.2195.6743     745,232  Ntfrs.exe
   28-May-2003  17:54  5.0.2195.6743      22,288  Ntfrsprf.dll

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about a similar problem in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

939667 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939667/ ) On a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, the "Authentications in Error" performance counter of the FileReplicaSet performance object and of the FileReplicaConn performance object display incorrect values

For more information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816915/ ) New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For more information about the terms that are used to describe software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/ ) Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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