Error Message When You Change the Default Virtual Directory to Point to a Newsgroup Drive: Error -2147024773 _ERROR_INVALID_NAME (299894)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2

This article was previously published under Q299894

SYMPTOMS

When you stop the NNTP Server Instance and change the default virtual directory to point to a drive that contains newsgroups, you may receive the following error message in the Event Viewer when you rebuild:

Error -2147024773 _ERROR_INVALID_NAME

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the server encounters newsgroups with special characters in the newsgroup name.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/19/2003
Keywords:	kbbug kberrmsg kbpending kbSysAdmin kbWin2000sp3fix KB299894