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Q301445: FP: Error Message When You Install Personal Web Server

Article: Q301445
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows, used with:
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you install Microsoft Personal Web Server on a computer running Microsoft
Windows 98, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

  DllRegisterServer failed on
  C:\\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inetsrv\iischema.dll,0x80070057
  The parameter is incorrect.

When you click OK, you receive several instances of the following error message:

  pws-error

  GetData, 0x80070057
  The parameter is incorrect.

When you click OK to each of the messages, installation of Personal Web Server
completes.

After Personal Web Server is installed on your computer, a Publish icon appears
on your desktop as expected. However, the Personal Web Server icon is not
displayed in the system tray. In addition, when you click Advanced in Personal
Web Manager, folders are missing from the Virtual Directories list.

CAUSE
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This issue occurs when you do not log on to the computer on which you are
installing Personal Web Server. The network stack must be active before you
install the core components of Personal Web Server. To activate the network
stack, you must log on to the computer. If you click Cancel on the logon screen,
the network stack is disabled, Personal Web Server is not installed correctly,
and you receive the error messages described in the "Symptoms" section of this
article.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, remove Personal Web Server, log on to the computer, and
then reinstall Personal Web Server. To do this, follow these steps.

Remove Personal Web Server
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1. Insert your Microsoft Windows 98 CD in your CD-ROM drive.

2. On the Start menu, click Run.

3. In the Open box, type "<x>:\add-ons\pws\setup.exe" (without the
  quotation marks) (where <x> is the letter of your CD-ROM drive), and
  then click OK.

4. In the Microsoft Personal Web Server Setup screen, click Remove All, and then
  click Next.

5. Click Yes to the "Do you want to continue?" message.

6. Click Finish to exit Setup.

7. Restart your computer.

Install Personal Web Server
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1. Logon to your computer.

2. Insert your Windows 98 CD in your CD-ROM drive.

3. On the Start menu, click Run.

4. In the Open box, type "<x>:\add-ons\pws\setup.exe" (without the
  quotation marks) (where <x> is the letter of your CD-ROM drive), and
  then click OK.

5. Follow the directions in the Microsoft Personal Web Server Setup screen to
  install Personal Web Server.

6. Click Yes to the "Do you want to restart your computer message?".

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

For additional information about a known installation issue with the Microsoft
Transaction Server component of Personal Web Server, click the article number
below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q246081 Error Message: An Unknown Error Occurred While Making MTS Specific
  Changes to the System Registry

Additional query words: front page

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch _IKkbZNotKeyword4 kbFrontPage98Search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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