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Daniel Leonard wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently installed Oracle 8.04 on a Laptop running NT workstation - worked
> fine when I did it, but then the user made some changes and since then I
> have not been able to start the TNSListener80 service. The error message
> is: Error 2140: An internal Windows NT error occured. The TNSListener
> service starts fine. I think 2140 is just a general NT error.
>
> I have checked all the relevant logs, and cannot find any extra information
> anywhere. I tried reinstalling the TCP/IP and SQLNet files with no avail.
> Tried removing and reinstalling Oracle completely, and the same problem
> occurs.
>
> Any ideas?
I have seen this error sometimes when the machine name or host name of the machine has changed. Check the LISTENER.ORA file and make sure the "Host=" entries have the correct machine name. Received on Fri Jun 11 1999 - 11:01:57 CDT