Q222160: Security Configuration Editor Has Several UI-Related Problems

Article: Q222160
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0 SP4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWinNT4sp6fix
Last Modified: 16-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP4 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 SP4 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 SP4 
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SYMPTOMS
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While working with the Security Configuration Editor MMC snap-in, you might
experience several problems with the user interface and handling:

- You cannot look at service security in the results of a system analysis
  twice. The Service Security button is not calling the dialog box anymore.

- When you have modified the security of a service, it is shown as modified
  only the first time after analysis is run. If you look at a different service
  and then look at the modified service again, "Exclude from future
  configurations and analyses" is selected as if you did not change it.

- After modifying a template, when you exit the Microsoft Management Console,
  you are prompted to save modifications to the current console, and also to
  the modified template. If you answer "Yes" to both questions (thus saving the
  modified template) and then rerun Microsoft Management Console and edit the
  template, the changes are lost. You have to save the template explicitly
  before exiting Microsoft Management Console.

CAUSE
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The snap-in is not setting internal status flags consistently.

RESOLUTION
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Windows NT Server or Workstation 4.0
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or the
individual software update. For information on obtaining the latest service
pack, please go to:

- http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ServicePacks/

-or-

- Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

For information on obtaining the individual software update, contact Microsoft
Product Support Services. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support
Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the
following address on the World Wide Web:

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS


Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT Server
4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbWinNT4sp6fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW400sp4 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400sp4 kbWinNTS400sp4 kbWinNTS400search kbNTTermServ400 kbNTTermServSearch
Version           : winnt:4.0 SP4
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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