PRB: DAPIStart Fails Within COM Object Instantiated from ASP

ID: Q194644

The information in this article applies to:

Exchange Development Kit (EDK), versions 5.0, 5.5
Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SYMPTOMS

When DAPIStart runs from within a Component Object Model (COM) object called from an .asp page, it may fail with error code C000000B5 and the message

Access Denied.

CAUSE

The context under which DAPIStart is running does not have rights to the Exchange Server Directory.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you need to run DAPIStart under the context of a privileged account. For information on how to do this, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q184291 PRB: COM Objects Fail to Print When Called From ASP

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbEDK500 kbEDK550 kbMsg kbXchge500 kbXchge550

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.5; winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb