RE: The Authentication service is unknown.

From: William Wang[MSFT] (v-rxwang_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/25/04


Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 10:24:45 GMT

Hi Allen,

In order to better assist you, I'd like to collect more
information regarding this issue. Please let us know what the
exact operations you performed with ADMT, what you did after you
got "Logon failure" and when you received "The Authentication
service is unknown". Also, please provide a detailed description
of your environment.

There are several articles address the "The Authentication
service is unknown" error, you may want to refer to them to see
if one applies:

243008 IIS 5.0 Does Not Start if Client for Microsoft Networks Is
Uninstalled
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=243008

249828 Unable to Log on to the Domain After Applying Windows NT
4.0 Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249828

259736 Partial RPC Entries May Cause Netlogon Error Messages
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259736

278416 Error Message: Could Not Start the (WWW, FTP, SMTP, and
NNTP) Service on
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278416

816898 "A Phonebook Entry Cannot be Added: The Authentication
Service Is
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816898

I will be looking forward to hearing from you reply.

Sincerely,

William Wang
Microsoft Online Support Engineer

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>After having used ADMT and followed the instructions for my
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Authentication service is unknown." I have no idea as what I can
do. Please help.

Allen
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