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Q248497: Event ID 113: "Instance 1 Has Invalid Binding Descriptor"

Article: Q248497
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:2.0,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, used with:
   - Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 
- Microsoft Proxy Server version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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You may see the following entries in Event Viewer:

  Event ID: 113
  Source: W3SVC
  Type: Warning
  Category: NoneDescription: Instance 1 has invalid binding descriptor X

  Event ID: 115
  Source: W3SVC
  Type: Error
  Category: None
  Description: The service could not bind instance 1. The data is the error
  code.

CAUSE
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These entries can be caused by invalid information in the Internet Information
Server (IIS) metabase for SecureBindings. The key is LM\W3SVC\1\SecureBindings.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, change the SecureBindings setting in the IIS metabase. To
do this, use the Metaedit tool included with the Microsoft Internet Information
Server Resource Kit. Change the value in the LM\W3SVC\1\SecureBindings key to a
valid port. This is typically 443, with ":" on each side of the port number.

You can also change the SecureBindings setting from a command prompt by typing
"adsutil set w3svc/1/SecureBindings :443:" (without the quotation marks) from
the Winnt\System32\Inetsrv\Adminsamples folder. Port 443 is the default port for
SecureBindings, but you can replace it with another port number.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTSsearch
Version           : winnt:2.0,4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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