Event Message:

WINS could not start because the existing database needs to be converted to the Windows 2000 format. If this is the first invocation of WINS after an upgrade from NT 4.0, you need To run the convert utility (edbutil.exe in the %%SystemRoot%%\\system32 directory) on the WINS database to convert it to the Windows 2000 database format. Once you have done that, you should restart WINS.

Source

Event Log

Event ID

Event Type

Wins

System

4323

Error

Explanation:

If this is the first invocation of WINS after an upgrade from Windows NT 4.0, you need to run the conversion utility (edbutil.exe in the winnt\system32 folder) on the WINS database to convert it to the Windows 2000 database format. Once the conversion is done, you should restart WINS.

User Action:

The steps to upgrade Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 compatibility are: 1) Run edbutil.exe from the winnt\system32 folder. 2) After the upgrade is complete, restart WINS.