XADM: Starting Information Store Generates Dr. Watson Error

ID: Q166596

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to start the Microsoft Exchange Information Store (IS), the system may generate a Dr. Watson error and the following event is reported in the Windows NT Event Viewer Application log:


   EventID: 4097
   Source:DrWatson
   Type:Information
   Category:None
   Description:
   The application, store.DBG, generated an application error. The error
   occurred on <date> @  <time>.   The exception generated was 000000ba at
   address 77f4effc.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 5.0 Server U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Keywords : kbusage kbbug4.00 kbbug5.00 XADM kbfix4.00.sp5 kbfix5.00.sp1
Version : 5.0 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug