DOCUMENT:Q263112 11-NOV-2000 [exchange] TITLE :XCON: Message Transfer Agent Generates Event 1016 When Logging P PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER:winnt:5.5 SP3 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:exc55sp3 kbExchange550preSP4fix kbExchange550sp4Fix ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 SP3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If the Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3 message transfer agent (MTA) is installed on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, the MTA may log an event 1016 when it is writing an extensible counter to the Windows 2000 Server Performance Monitor log. CAUSE ===== This issue can occur because Performance Monitor in Windows 2000 Server requires that performance data be entered in 8-byte lengths. The MTA does not always use 8-byte lengths. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 5.5. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 Service Pack 3. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : exc55sp3 kbExchange550preSP4fix kbExchange550sp4Fix Technology : kbExchangeSearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbExchange550SP3 Version : winnt:5.5 SP3 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.