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Q245678: Winsock Call Fails When You Have No Local Administrator Rights

Article: Q245678
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0 SP6
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP6 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 SP6 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 SP6 
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SYMPTOMS
========

After you apply Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6, Winsock calls may not work
properly. Generally the problem manifests itself when a program attempts to
connect to a server. You may see an application layer error like:

  Could not connect to server.

  or

  Access denied.

CAUSE
=====

The problem only occurs if the user does not have full administrative rights to
the computer.

RESOLUTION
==========

Windows NT 4 Service Pack 6a has been released to fix this problem. A hotfix is
available to update SP6 systems to SP6a. For more information, please click the
ariticle link below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q246009 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a Available

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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The English-language version of this fix should have the following file
attributes or later:

  Date        Time     Size       File name   Platform
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  11/11/1999  05:18p    66,352    Afd.sys     x86
  11/11/1999  05:23p   115,184    Afd.sys     Alpha


STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

Additional query words: winsock connection refused lotus notes kbfaqw2knet

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Keywords          : kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400sp6 kbWinNTS400sp6 kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTW400sp6
Version           : winnt:4.0 SP6
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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