Exchange and Windows Server Updates - Inetinfo repeatedly crashes

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On Saturday we released two updates.  One is for Exchange 2003 and one is for Windows 2000 SMTP. 

This fixes an issue where the Inetinfo.exe repeatedly crashes and restarts.

You may see the following errors:

Source: Service Control Manager
Type: Error
Event ID: 7031
Description:
The IIS Admin Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this <x> time(s).

Source: Service Control Manager
Type: Error
Event ID: 7034
Description:
The Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this <x> time(s).

Note: the updates should only be applied to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.   

Fix A (827214 Exchange 2003) https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=827214

Fix B (885264 Windows 2000) https://support.microsoft.com/?id=885264