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Q258514: Unable to Manage IIS 4.0 with the System Locale Set to French

Article: Q258514
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:4.0,5.0; :
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 
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SYMPTOMS
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You cannot use the Windows 2000 IIS snap-in to manage Internet Information
Server 4.0 computers that have the system locale is set to French.

CAUSE
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Because the encryption laws in France have been modified, Windows 2000 computers
with the system locale set to French have the same behavior as Windows 2000
computers using a non-French locale, as follows:

- Portions of the Internet Information Services 5.0 metabase are encrypted.

- IIS remote administration uses an encrypted-session protocol (analog to SSL)
  to avoid transmission of plain text data over the wire.

The current design does not allow you to do the following:

- To negotiate the encryption level between the IIS Admin client and the
  Internet Information Server 4.0 computer.

- To specify the encryption level for a specific management session.

This behavior is by design.

WORKAROUND
==========

- Use the HTML Internet Admin tool (HTMLA) to manage the Internet Information
  Server 4.0 computer.

- Use a Windows NT 4.0 computer to administer the Web Server using the IIS
  snap-in.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q243087 IIS Does Not Start If French (Canadian) Is Set as System Locale

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Pro kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400 kbWinAdvServSearch
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0; :
Issue type        : kbprb

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