RE: Windows 2003 Server: How Do I Reinstall Licensing?

From: Jaosn (Jaosn_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/07/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:41:22 -0800

Thank you for posting your own fix Cameron! A very simple solution to a hair
pulling problem. It worked for me as well! Thank you!

"Cameron" wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I figured it out. In case any else has this problem this is what was done:
> I searched for the CLSID in the Registry.
> Drill down to InprocServer32 and look at (Default). It will show the path
> to the Snap-in. In my case it was: "C:\Program Files\Windows for Small
> Business Server\Licensing"
> When I clicked on the folder it came back with Access Denied.
> Checking the security settings showed that the Administrators did NOT have
> access. I added the Administrator Group to have access to that folder and it
> magically started to work again.
> So, for people getting the "Snap-in failed to initialize" error, it's not
> always a Domain Controller error as some of the messages might lead you to
> believe.
>
> Regards,
>
> Cameron