We are having isssues with PCNS (version 4.3.1935.0 of Microsoft Identity Manager Password Change Notification Service) on a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller against MIM 2016 (version 4.3.2064.0) that also runs on a Windows 2012 R2. PCNS-service stops when we are trying to start it.
This is the event id after service crash:
Log Name: Application
Source Application Error
Date: 29.03.2016 21:34:07
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: EDU-DC01.elev.local
Description:
Faulting application name: pcnssvc.exe, version: 4.3.1935.0, time stamp: 0x55906014
Faulting module name: pcnssvc.exe, version: 4.3.1935.0, time stamp: 0x55906014
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000001cbcc
Faulting process id: 0xeec
Faulting application start time: 0x01d189f1f5c5a2db
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Password Change Notification\pcnssvc.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Password Change Notification\pcnssvc.exe
Report Id: 3395f1bf-f5e5-11e5-80c1-00
50569c7665
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</Event
ID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000
</Keywords
>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-03-29T19:
34:07.0000
00000Z" />
<EventRecordID>4836</Event
RecordID>
<Channel>Application</Chan
nel>
<Computer>EDU-DC01.elev.lo
cal</Compu
ter>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>pcnssvc.exe</Data>
<Data>4.3.1935.0</Data>
<Data>55906014</Data>
<Data>pcnssvc.exe</Data>
<Data>4.3.1935.0</Data>
<Data>55906014</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>000000000001cbcc</Da
ta>
<Data>eec</Data>
<Data>01d189f1f5c5a2db</Da
ta>
<Data>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Password Change Notification\pcnssvc.exe</
Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Password Change Notification\pcnssvc.exe</
Data>
<Data>3395f1bf-f5e5-11e5-8
0c1-005056
9c7665</Da
ta>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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