Re: Failed to Create Empty Document

Hi Dave,

Thanks again for your response. You are correct in your guess that it is the
console and not the snap-ins. I have seen some posts and KB articles that
suggest that the XML Parser my be at fault. They suggested using regsvr32.exe
on the following .dll files:

MSXML.DLL
MSXML2.DLL
MSXML3.DLL

I have tried that once, but it didn't solve the problem. I got another
strange error when I went into add/remove programs, that makes me believe
that something may be messed up with the XML parser:

The title was "Parser Message" and the text was.

"Value creation Failed at Line 5"

Any thoughts?

Thanks


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Not sure about the reboot after setting the variable. You can open a
command prompt and type "set" without the quotes -> Enter. It'll show you
what variables are set.

I can't find that KB either and it's not on the TechNet CD. I do find
numerous references in google, so you may be able to find it on the web
somewhere. My guess is that if MS withdrew it, they no longer think it
applies.

If you type "mmc" on the run line it'll open an empty console, which I'm
guessing is where the "empty document" reference comes from. If you can
open an empty mmc this way, the problem is with the snap-in and not with the
mmc itself. Since you're seeing this with multiple snap-ins, I'm guessing
it is the mmc rather than a corrupt snap-in.

I don't think I'd start copying files or registering DLLs unless you can
find something pointing to that as a solution.

I don't think you will have any problems with a reinstall of the MMC, and I
don't see how you could be worse off anyway. At least theoretically you
shouldn't have any more disruption than a normal reboot. See:

How to Reinstall the Small Business Server 2003 Consoles
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829622

"Xx Licher xX" <Xx Licher xX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:DC3A6D06-5445-4E39-A08B-19925DA32238@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Dave,

I originally posted this thread in another newsgroup, and a coworker
posted
it here.

Yes, I have seen KB 231757. Unfortunately it didn't get me anywhere.
(unless
a reboot was required, but the article didn't mention it)

I have also tried running sfc /scannow, but that didn't solve the problem
either.

I saw a site that referred me to KB
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319101, but when I clicked the link, it
said the article was not available.

I tried copying the MMC.exe file over from another machine (Win 2003) that
was not having the problem, but that failed to fix anything.

I have also read somewhere that somewhere there may be a corrupt registry
key somewhere, but couldn't find anything telling me what key to check.

Lastly I want to try and reregister some .DLL files related to MMC, but I
am
not sure which ones it uses.

I also want to note that it doesn't matter how I try to run something with
MMC (Double clicking, Command Prompt, .msc extension, .exe extension, etc)
They all result in the same problem.

Also, I was wondering if someone could explain the meaning error I am
getting, since it doesn't seem logical to me. Consoles such as server
management or eventviewer have content in them, thus I would not consider
them empty, so why would MMC try to create an empty document?

Thanks eveyone for your help.



"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Did you find this one? "PRB: MMC: Management Console May Fail to Start"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;231757

FWIW, I always want a pretty good indication that a reinstall is going to
solve my problem - I like to troubleshoot to the point where I believe a
reinstall is necessary, rather than to do a reinstall just in the hope
that
it'll work. If I were in a situation where a reinstall would be as
disruptive as you describe, I'd definitely call PSS first.

"Jeremn" <Jeremn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyone?? I can't be the first person to have seen this. Now the server
will drop remote desktop requests after you login to it.

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Hi everyone,

We rebooted our server over the weekend to complete some Windows
updates. Now after the reboot, anything that uses Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) will not work. Instead a warning stating:


"Failed to create empty document"


is displayed. When you click OK, nothing happens. This happens with
anything requiring a snap in. I have tried "Server Maintenance,
Eventviewer, DNS, Services, etc). All of these give the same result.


What is weird, is at times we can access MMC related applications by
connecting to the server via "Remote Desktop Connection"


I read a post that was talking about a similar situation.


http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs/br...



The proposed solution is to reinstall MMC. I want to avoid having to
resort to this because this is a production server running an ERP
Program/Database and Exchange. Any weirdness that would might occur as

a result of a reinstall would cripple us for days. There is also a few
differences between the problem in the post above and my problem.


We have also tried rebooting since this happened and this has not
helped.


Does anyone know what I can try to resolve this problem, or what caused

it in the first place?


Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks







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