WINS made difficult by msft

I have WINS installed on two domain controllers, and it
says it's status is green and working. However, when you
go to the MMC to try to configure it it says the WINS
server could not be found, "access denied". It also says
that you must be a WINS user member or an administrator,
both of which I am.

How can microsoft take something that worked so easily in
windows 2000 and screw it all up? Leave it to Microsoft!

Drew, MBA, MCSE

Cross posted - answered in microsoft.public.server.dns
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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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"Drew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:048501c3dae2$dcbf1440$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have WINS installed on two domain controllers, and it
> says it's status is green and working. However, when you
> go to the MMC to try to configure it it says the WINS
> server could not be found, "access denied". It also says
> that you must be a WINS user member or an administrator,
> both of which I am.
>
> How can microsoft take something that worked so easily in
> windows 2000 and screw it all up? Leave it to Microsoft!
>
> Drew, MBA, MCSE

Cross posted - answered in microsoft.public.server.dns

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Drew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:048501c3dae2$dcbf1440$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have WINS installed on two domain controllers, and it
> says it's status is green and working. However, when you
> go to the MMC to try to configure it it says the WINS
> server could not be found, "access denied". It also says
> that you must be a WINS user member or an administrator,
> both of which I am.
>
> How can microsoft take something that worked so easily in
> windows 2000 and screw it all up? Leave it to Microsoft!
>
> Drew, MBA, MCSE

Hi Drew,

1. Make sure the remote registry service is running on the computer.
2. Check the following registry key permissions,
"Run regedt32 go to
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeSe rvers\winreg"
Permissions should be "Local Service" READ, Backup Operates READ and
Administrators FULL CONTROL.

3. Check to see if you are having DCOM errors in the Event logs.
If yes then****
1. Locate and click the %SystemRoot%\System32\Dtclog folder in Windows
Explorer.

2. Rename the Msdtc.log file to Msdtc.old if the file is located in the
Dtclog folder.

3. Use a text editor, such as Notepad, to create a new text file. Save
the file as Msdtc.log in the Dtclog folder.

4. Click Start, click Run, type "msdtc -resetlog" (without the
quotation marks) in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
*******

If the permissions were changed on the formentioned registry keys, look to
see if you or another admin changed the Default Domain Controller policy to
do so or someone has created a new policy on the DC OU that does it. You
can use GPRESULT to dump the GPO's beeing applied

Thank you!

Alan Wood[MSFT]

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