Error 0x800704b8

[km]

Tried to install IPv6 using the command-line "ipv6 install" and it didn't
work... The error message shows, "Failed to complete the action. Error
0x800704b8"

Likewise, when I install it through the Windows Network properties, a
dialog with an error message, "An extended error has occurred".

MSDN library list the following error codes, though remains unspecific:

Win32 Error Codes for ADSI 2.0

The following table lists the LDAP error messages for ADSI 2.0.

ADSI Error Value LDAP message Win32 message Description
0 LDAP_SUCCESS NO_ERROR Operation succeeded.

0x800704B8 LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Compare yielded FALSE..
0x800704B8 LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Compare yielded TRUE.
0x800704B8 LDAP_REFERRAL ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Cannot resolve referral.
0x800704B8 LDAP_UNAVAILABLE_CRIT_EXTENSION ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Critical
extension is unavailable.
0x800704B8 LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Requested attribute
does not exist.
0x800704B8 LDAP_UNDEFINED_TYPE ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Type is not defined.
0x800704B8 LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR There was an
inappropriate matching.
0x800704B8 LDAP_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR There was a
constrain violation.
0x800704B8 LDAP_ATTRIBUTE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR The
attribute exists or the value has been assigned.
0x800704B8 LDAP_ALIAS_PROBLEM ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Alias is invalid.
0x800704B8 LDAP_IS_LEAF ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Object is a leaf.
0x800704B8 LDAP_ALIAS_DEREF_PROBLEM ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Cannot
dereference the alias.
0x800704B8 LDAP_LOOP_DETECT ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Loop was detected.
0x800704B8 LDAP_NOT_ALLOWED_ON_NONLEAF ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Operation is
not allowed on a non-leaf object.
0x800704B8 LDAP_NOT_ALLOWED_ON_RDN ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Operation is not
allowed on RDN.
0x800704B8 LDAP_NO_OBJECT_CLASS_MODS ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Cannot modify
object class.
0x800704B8 LDAP_AFFECTS_MULTIPLE_DSAS ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR Multiple
directory service agents are affected.

In ADSI 2.0, several LDAP error messages are mapped to a Win32 error code
as ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR

Any idea of what is going wrong here, respectively any solution of how to
reinstate IPv6 without having to reinstall WXP?

Thanks and Cheers

 

[km]

Just by chance found an tool to analyse and repair:

I asked some folks in the product team and here is the response, in case
anyone else runs into this:

This is technically not an IPv6 error; it is coming from the setup
subsystem. So the likely causes are that another network GUI is open....

Things to try:

Are they logged in as an administrator, do they have permissions to the
registry specifically HKLM\System\CCS\Services and
HKLM\System\CCS\Services\6to4 etc...

Run esentutl /g to check the integrity of the security database
%windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb


Stewart

I did follow Stewart's suggestion and had the following output:

- database is not up-to-date

Then ran the same command with on recovery option - esentutl /r
%windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb and it turned out to have some
trouble, citing:

- Operation terminated with error -1003 (JET_errInvalidParamater, Invalid
API paramater)

Thus ran the tool again in repair mode - esentutl /p
%windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb, which was a success shown by the
following intergrity check. Thereafter installed IPv6 via the command line.

Cheers
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