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Class not Registered
Hello all:
I'm having a problem with an error message on my Windows 2003 Small Business Server. The title bar of the error windows is: Microsoft Management Console. Inside the message window it says: Class not Registered. I get this whenever I try to launch any management utiltity - Event Viewer, Server Management, Services, AD, etc. etc. Basically, I can't do anything, and I can't find what service has become un-registered. All this used to work. We reinstalled the OS a little over a month ago. Rebooting doesn't always help. Any ideas?
I'm having a problem with an error message on my Windows 2003 Small Business Server. The title bar of the error windows is: Microsoft Management Console. Inside the message window it says: Class not Registered. I get this whenever I try to launch any management utiltity - Event Viewer, Server Management, Services, AD, etc. etc. Basically, I can't do anything, and I can't find what service has become un-registered. All this used to work. We reinstalled the OS a little over a month ago. Rebooting doesn't always help. Any ideas?
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OK, thanks - worth a try. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Well, no dice. I already have SP2 for Windows 2003 (SBS) installed which is the same or newer than MMC v3 - it would not install. Any other ideas??
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Anyone ?? I'm still getting this problem. If I reboot (sometimes it takes more than one reboot), then I can run the MMC utilities for an hour or so, but then I get this error again on new utilities that I try to open. The currently open ones continue to function. And, this is a fairly new installation of only about two months.
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Well, I'm back working with this server again... I loaded processor explorer as a startup item, but haven't been around to see when I start getting the error... I'll keep trying.
Reinstall SP2 for Windows Server. Something might have broken during the previous install.
Philip
Philip
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That's not a bad idea. Will re-installing SP2 mess up the Exchange SP2? Actually, now that I think about it, I believe Windows SP2 was installed after Exchange SP2 anyway. I'll give that a shot.
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I don't know when I'll have time to get back to this server. Thanks for your advise, though.
Philip