DNS Registry Key Not Updated When Changing Zone Type
Article ID: 154985
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q154985
SYMPTOMS
If you create a secondary zone and then change that zone to primary, the
registry is not updated to reflect the change. The next time you restart
the DNS server, you receive an error message stating that the primary DNS
address is missing. In this instance the DNS server does not start. Also,
the Cache.dns file may be overwritten with a blank file, causing you to
lose name resolution outside your zone of authority.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT
version 4.0. For more information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 152734
TITLE : How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
The Microsoft DNS Server has been modified to correctly write back the Zone
Type key to reflect the correct role of the zone.
For your convenience, the English version of this post-SP3 hotfix has been
posted to the following Internet location. However, Microsoft recommends
that you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 to correct this problem.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.
Additional query words: 4.00 prodnt
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbnetwork KB154985