Error 51201 Occurred. Error Message Not Found
Article ID: 184616
Article Last Modified on 6/22/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q184616
We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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.
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