Error 51201 Occurred. Error Message Not Found (184616)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q184616
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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:
  1. Start the Windows NT Option Pack setup and remove the FTP service.
  2. Reboot the computer.
  3. 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.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/22/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB184616