Hi, I have been getting the following error when I view my websites hosted on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP3. I was not able to decipher where the problem lies. When I open the Internet Services Manager, I get a message that IIS cannot connect to the computer. Somehow IIS was shutting down all the sites and disconnecting from the local machine. However, when I restarted the machine, it seems to work fine. Can anyone suggest the possible reasons why this happens. I am enclosing the error messages I got in my Application log. ----------------Server Application Error The server has reached the maximum recovery limit for the application during the processing of your request. Please contact the server administrator for assistance. ---------------- Event ID : 4097 The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 800706BA from line 42 of .\eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error. Event ID : 4097 The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 800706BF from line 42 of .\eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error. Event ID : 4097 The run-time environment has detected an inconsistency in its internal state. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error. Error in .\eventserver.cpp(294), hr = 80004002: Creating CLSID_NtaHelper Event ID : 4230 COM+ Internal Error. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error. Assertion Failure: hr == S_OK Server Application ID: {3D14228D-FBE1-11D0-995D-00C04FD919C1} Server Application Name: IIS Out-Of-Process Pooled Applications The serious nature of this error has caused the process to terminate. Error Code = 0x8000ffff : Catastrophic failure COM+ Services Internals Information: File: .\assoc.cpp, Line: 528 Event ID : 4097 The application, svchost.exe, generated an application error The error occurred on 08/08/2003 @ 12:01:51.546 The exception generated was c0000005 at address 77E9AFE3 (CreateProcessInternalW) Thanx in advance... Rahul.

Look here for your error: http://eventid.net

check whether yr prob is the W32/Lovsan.worm

I also have a similar problem and would be interested in any solutions ? I have not got blaster and server is patched with the Lovsan patch from MS Simon

I got the W32.Blaster.Worm removal tool from Norton's website (www.norton.com) and it cured my woes on this issue. (This is also known as the W32.Lovsan.Worm.) Hope that helps! ~ Josh

I have seen this error at two different clients. One has Norton Corp. up to date and got this on a 2000 server, SP4. Second is XP Pro w/s, running VirusScan 4.5.1. Error is the same, neither one shows the Blaster worm if I scan with Symantec's virus removal tool. Anyone else have these issues. EVENT ID 4609 The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 800706BA from line 44 of d:\nt\com\com1x\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error. Steve

I have exact the same error on a windows 2000 server. I am not able to view any properties in any area of the server, neither network, event logs, device manager, ... I allready checked the system with Norton. EVENT ID 4609 The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 800706BA from line 44 of d:\nt\com\com1x\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error.