KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q245008: Ipconfig Generates Inconsistent Registry Contents Error Message.

Article: Q245008
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

When you use the Ipconfig command on a multihomed Microsoft Windows NT Server
4.0-based computer and the computer is running Checkpoint Firewall, you may
receive the following error message:

  Fatal error: Inconsistent Registry contents

CAUSE
=====

This behavior can occur when you use Checkpoint Firewall and you delete the
registry key for a network interface card or make substantial changes to the
network.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. At the Windows NT Server 4.0-based computer, remove Checkpoint Firewall.

2. Copy the Tcpip.sys or Tcpip.sy_ file from the latest Windows NT 4.0 Service
  Pack to the \%SystemRoot%\System32 folder.

3. If it is necessary to expand the copied file, type the following command at a
  command prompt, and then press ENTER

  expand sourcepath destinationpath

  where sourcepath is the drive and folder where the file is located and the
  name of the file, and destinationpath is the drive and folder where you want
  to copy the file.

  For example, type the following command to expand the Tcpip.sy_ file to the
  C:\Winnt\System32 folder:

  expand c:\winnt\system32\tcpip.sy_ c:\winnt\system32

4. Restart the computer.

5. Reinstall Checkpoint Firewall.

MORE INFORMATION
================

For more information about how to use the Expand utility, type "expand /?"
(without the quotation marks) at a command prompt, and then press ENTER.

Additional query words: tcp/ip

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.