Err Msg: MDM.EXE - DLL Initialization Failed Error

ID: Q194396


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SYMPTOMS

When you install the Windows NT Option Pack 4.0 on Windows Terminal Server 4.0 and clients try to use the Internet Explorer 4.0 Web browser, it will appear to stop responding. The following message is displayed in a dialog box on the server:

MDM.EXE - DLL Initialization Failed
Initialization of the dynamic link library
c:\wtsrv\system32\kernel32.dll failed. The process is terminating
abnormally.
In addition, you may see occurrences of event ID 10010 from DCOM in the Event Viewer with the following description:
The server {0C0A3666-30C9-11D0-8F20-00805F2CD064} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.


CAUSE

Mdm.exe is the Machine Debug Manager, which is used by the Windows NT Option Pack and Microsoft Developer Studio to provide application debugging. When Script Debugging is enabled for Internet Explorer 4.0, the debug manager is initialized whenever Internet Explorer 4.0 is started. In a Windows Terminal Server session, however, the debug manager cannot be initialized properly in the Interactive User's context and returns the errors listed above.


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, perform one of the following:

Additional query words: Terminalsrv


Keywords          : 
Version           : winnt:4.0; :1.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 21, 1999