Spotlight on Exchange has stopped sending email notifications (4327667)

Spotlight on Exchange has stopped sending email notifications.

The problem with failed diagnostic tests may stem from a change in a default Windows setting outlined in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318825

To fix this problem, follow the steps outlined below:

1. Close the Spotlight on Exchange Topology Viewer and stop the DiagnosticTestEngineSOE service.

2. Click Start, then click Control Panel.

3. In Control Panel, select Performance and Maintenance.

4. Click Administrative Tools, and double-click Local Security Policy.

5. In the left pane of the Local Security Settings console, expand Local Policies, then click Security Options.

6. In the right pane of the Local Security Settings console, double-click System Objects: Default owner for objects created by members of the Administrators group.

7. If this setting is set to Object creator, choose Administrators group, and click OK to apply the change.

8. Restart the DiagnosticTestEngineSOE service and the Spotlight on Exchange Topology Viewer.

This has been tested and proven to resolve this issue in certain scenarios.