Damaged DNS

[Ric Ste]

When I try to open my DNS manager I get the following
error:
Snap-in failed to initialize
name:-not availible-
CLSID:{2FAEBFA2-3F1A-11D0-8C65-00C04FD8FECB}
does this mean i've got to remove, reinstall/rebuild my
dns?
could this be a virus problem?

 

[Michael Snyder [MSFT]]

Try running: regsvr32 %windir%\system32\dnsmgr.dll

It is possible that the DLL for the management tool was not properly
registered, or somehow un-registered.

 

[Ric Ste]

i;ve tried to run it but the registration server you
mentioned is not availible.
please give me some more info
Ric

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

In

i;ve tried to run it but the registration server you
mentioned is not availible.
please give me some more info
Ric

Can you copy that DLL from another machine?

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

 

[Michael Snyder [MSFT]]

If this is a pro machine, you could try uninstalling / reinstalling
adminpak.msi (from your server CD).

Do other MMC snapins work?

Is this W2k, W2k3, or XP?

Can you launch MMC.exe, then add the DNS snapin manually?

If nothing else, you might try re-extracting the dll from the install cd:
find dnsmgr.dl_ and then run:
expand dnsmgr.dl_ %windir%\system32\dnsmgr.dll
then regsvr32 %windir%\system32\dnsmgr.dll

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Active Directory Admin Tool Test

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"Ace Fekay [MVP]"

 

[Guest]

Thanks to you all! i've re- extracted the dll from the cd
and it works fine now.

By the way it is a W2K server with AD installed
THANKS!