NOTE: before applying Windows 2000 SP2, our system (W2K DC running Exchg2K &
MS Proxy Client 2.0) ran FLAWLESSLY for months.

Symptoms:
When applying Windows 2000 SP2 to the Windows 2000 SP1 (+ PSP) DC, DNS
errors appeared, AD tools (at server) became unavailable, and Exchange 2000
would not start.

Cause:
After three days of troubleshooting, I narrowed the problem down to MS Proxy
Client 2.0 and Service Dependencies referring to NTLMSSP. If ANY, and I mean
"ANY", service makes reference to:

        DependOnService: NTLMSSP

DNS bombs and Exchange 2000 refuses to start.

Removing "DependOnService: NTLMSSP" from ALL Services making references to
it, allows both DNS and Exchange 2000 to START, but internet access is NOT
available for ports 25 &110 (Wspcfg.ini) - thus, prevents SMTP & POP3 from
functioning.

Resolution:
Had to do a "Complete System Restore" in order to get system back to it's
original (SP1) state.

Anyone else encountering similar problems?

Peter
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