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Q290612: BUG: Event ID: 5 "Error While Reading Default Settings"

Article: Q290612
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWinDNA kbGrpDSSIE kbDSupport kbiis400 kbiis500 kbWin2000PreSP2Fix kbWin2000SP2Fix
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you restart the computer or the IISAdmin service, the following event
appears in the event log:

  Event Type: Error
  Event Source: Active Server Pages
  Event Category: None
  Event ID: 5
  Description:
  Error: Error while reading default settings. please do regsvr32 asp.dll..

CAUSE
=====

This event is logged because the installed version of the Asp.dll file is
searching for a metabase key that does not exist. However, the metabase key does
not need to exist because Asp.dll uses a default value. Asp.dll logs this event
log entry to recommend that you reregister Asp.dll as an overly precautious
troubleshooting step.

RESOLUTION
==========

This event log entry is completely harmless and can be ignored.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be 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 2.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbWinDNA kbGrpDSSIE kbDSupport kbiis400 kbiis500 kbWin2000PreSP2Fix kbWin2000SP2Fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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