Re: MMC error

This thread was much more helpful than the articles at MS (Thanks Mark
and Jack (especially your post on Apr 17 2003, 6:42 pm!)):

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=228141
and
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=243555

I have a w2k server with slipstreamed sp4 and (not slipstreamed) most
hotfixes that I use as a test server. I had just set it up, and always
change (all four of) the environmental temp/tmp variables to c:\temp.
(default permissions on this folder are everyone full control, and
there is 5GB free space on the drive). Later, I was trying to use the
mmc as admin in the terminal services session, I got the error messages
"Temporary Directory is not found or there is not enough disk space"
and then "Failed to create empty document". I did not get these
messages at the console.

I did two things before it started working correctly again. I was not
logged into terminal services when I did these. The first thing I did I
do not think is related to the problem, but I list it anyway, since I
did not check to see inbetween steps.

1. (unlikely the solution) I deleted a file called unknown.htm in the
c:\documents and settings\administrator\local setting\temp folder. When
I opened this file in the browser, it was a large gree question mark*.

2. (likely the solution) I reset the permission (which were admin=full
control, admins=full control, system=full control) from c:\documents
and settings\administrator\ with the option to "reset permissions on
all child objects and enable propogation of inheritable permissions"
set.

*In case you are wondering, this machine is a test server on my private
network, so unauthorized external access was not the cause of the
mysterious unkown.htm file in the old temp folder. ;-)

Hopefully this information will help someone else, too. Which is why I
am presenting it here.
Thanks!
Steve W
http://PictureTakingFreak.com
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Mark Vincent wrote:
> That's whats strange about this problem. The TMP and TEMP
> folder are assessible and are not full. To fix this I
> have to "reset" either TMP or TEMP variable. I don't
> change the variable, I just click edit and then click in
> the variable as if I'm going to change it, but I leave it
> the same, then I click OK and everything works.
> This only happens when I connect via Terminal Services, it
> doesn't happen when I logon locally.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Mark,
> >
> >When you run MMC or any of the MMC snap-ins, a temporary
> file is created in your
> >temporary folder. Your temporary folders are defined in
> your TMP and TEMP environment
> >variables. If the volume or folder defined in these
> variables is inaccessible or full, or you
> >have exceeded your disk quota, the error message occurs.
> >
> >
> >Please refer to the following article for more
> information.
> >
> >228141 "Not Enough Disk Space" Error Message Starting MMC
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=228141
> >
> >Have a nice day!
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Jack Wang
> >Microsoft Online Support Professional
> >
> >Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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> >|When trying to open any MMC through a terminal services
> >|connection, I receive the error "Temporary directory is
> >|not found or there is not enough disk space."
> >|To remedy this problem, I go into Enviromental variables
> >|and reset the Temp variable to the value that is already
> >|in there.
> >|When the user logs back on the same scenerio unfolds.
> >|Another strange thing is that, if the person logs on
> >|locally to the server, everything is fine.
> >|This first happened on a DC but now it's happening on
> our
> >|Terminal Server servers. All affected servers are
> Windows
> >|2000 sp3
> >|Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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