DnsApi event id 11151

I wrote a batch file that needs to be run nightly. All has been fine until
the past week. The computer it runs on is Windows 2000 SP3. The batch file
runs fine, and that kicks off another program purchased from a vendor. The
vendor program makes a zip file. Last night I rec'd a 12002 error, Internet
Timeout while the vendors program was running. That program should take
about 2-3 minutes. In the event log I saw a event id 11151, source DnsApi.
The description was "the system failed to register network adapter with
settings' then the adapter name, host name, adapterspecific domain suffix,
DNS server list listing the ip addresses of our cable ISP. Then it says
"Sent update to server: None, lists the ip address of the workstation.

It goes on to say 'the cause of this DNS registration failure was because of
DNS server failure. This may be due to a zone transfer that has locked the
DNS server for the applicable zone that your computer needs to register
itself with.

(The applicable zone should typically correspond to the Adapter specific
Domain Suffix that was indicated above.) You can manually retry registration
of the network adapter and its settings by typine ipconfig /registerdns' at
the command prompt etc etc.

Can anyone give me a clue as to what is causing this suddenly? We have a
windows 2000 domain. The workstation in question was installed by an outside
vendor across the country, so we have no ability to restore this ourselves
which makes me a little nervous as this workstation sends customer files to
an online banking website. Could anything go wrong if I run the ipconfig
/registerdns?

Thanks for any help!

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?e...DnsApi&phase=1

Set your workstation to use the Active Directory DNS server, usually the DC,
not the ISP DNS.


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"Vic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I wrote a batch file that needs to be run nightly. All has been fine until
> the past week. The computer it runs on is Windows 2000 SP3. The batch
> file
> runs fine, and that kicks off another program purchased from a vendor.
> The
> vendor program makes a zip file. Last night I rec'd a 12002 error,
> Internet
> Timeout while the vendors program was running. That program should take
> about 2-3 minutes. In the event log I saw a event id 11151, source
> DnsApi.
> The description was "the system failed to register network adapter with
> settings' then the adapter name, host name, adapterspecific domain suffix,
> DNS server list listing the ip addresses of our cable ISP. Then it says
> "Sent update to server: None, lists the ip address of the workstation.
>
> It goes on to say 'the cause of this DNS registration failure was because
> of
> DNS server failure. This may be due to a zone transfer that has locked
> the
> DNS server for the applicable zone that your computer needs to register
> itself with.
>
> (The applicable zone should typically correspond to the Adapter specific
> Domain Suffix that was indicated above.) You can manually retry
> registration
> of the network adapter and its settings by typine ipconfig /registerdns'
> at
> the command prompt etc etc.
>
> Can anyone give me a clue as to what is causing this suddenly? We have a
> windows 2000 domain. The workstation in question was installed by an
> outside
> vendor across the country, so we have no ability to restore this ourselves
> which makes me a little nervous as this workstation sends customer files
> to
> an online banking website. Could anything go wrong if I run the ipconfig
> /registerdns?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
>
>