Err Msg: An Error Occurred Reading or Setting a Configuration Parameter. (0x80080005)

When you remotely connect to an Internet Information Server (IIS) computer using the Internet Service Manager (ISM) in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and you attempt to make a directory or virtual directory into an application, the following error message is displayed: Also, when you use the Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) MMC snap-in and attempt to open a package, the following error message occurs:

During the Microsoft Transaction Server portion of the Windows NT Option Pack installation, the user may have accepted the default of Local administration, rather than Remote. Therefore, no remote administration user account was set for MTS.

To specify an account for the MTS package's identity, which can also be used for remote administration, perform the following steps:

1. If you do not have an account to use for remote administration, create one using User Manager.
2. On the IIS computer, in the scope (left-hand) pane of the MMC, go to the following branch:
   

   Microsoft Transaction Server
     Computers
       My Computer
         Packages Installed
   						

3. Right-click the package where the identity needs to be changed, and then click Properties on the context menu.
4. Click the Identity tab.
5. Select the This user radio button, and then provide the user account and password to use.
   Note: Be sure to include the domain in the user text box, followed by a backslash before the user's name, in the form of DomainName\UserName

By default, MTS packages run as Interactive User. However, for remote administration, it is preferable to run a package as a Windows NT user account.

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