Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 stops working after applying KB974571

Description

After installing KB974571, Office Communication Servers stops working and the following event logs are added:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: OCS Server
Event Category: (1000)
Event ID: 12290
User: N/A
Computer: WHATEVER
Description:
The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 has expired. Please upgrade from the evaluation version to the full released version of the product.



Event Type: Error
Event Source: OCS Server
Event Category: (1000)
Event ID: 12299
User: N/A
Computer: WHATEVER
Description:
The service is shutting down due to an internal error.

Error Code: C3E93C23 (SIPPROXY_E_INVALID_INSTALLATION_DATA)
Resolution:
Check the previous event log entries and resolve them. Restart the server. If the problem persists contact Product Support Services.



* Please note that this is not the evaluation version of OCS but the full version.

Solution

The issue is caused by KB974571 (MS09-056: Vulnerabilities in CryptoAPI could allow spoofing):
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB974571)



1) Download and run ocsasnfix.exe from Microsoft: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=168248
--- or ---
2) Uninstall this update and reboot the server to resolve this. (not recommended anymore)

Affected software:

Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows 2008
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007
Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2




Comments:

Comment #1 from Aaron Unpublished [Username: Guest] at 26/03/2017 23:41
Would be nice if we could fine OCSASNFIX. Microsoft removed it from there site :(


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