Error 51201 Occurred. Error Message Not Found

ID: Q184616

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Management Console displays the FTP site as stopped, and after you attempt to start the service, the following error message occurs:

Error 51201 occurred. Error message not found.

Selecting the properties for the FTP service returns the following:

IIS Logging: Unable to read the current logging plugin value.

CAUSE

This error is known to occur after selecting an Upgrade Plus installation of the Windows NT Option Pack over a Windows NT Option Pack Beta 3 installation, which did not have an FTP service.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

Start the Windows NT Option Pack setup and remove the FTP service.

Reboot the computer.

Start the setup again, and add the FTP service.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Internet Information Server version 4.0.

Keywords :
Version : WINNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug