Microsoft KB Archive/186497

= Do Not Install Active Desktop on Terminal Server =

Article ID: 186497

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

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This article was previously published under Q186497



SYMPTOMS
After you perform a standard installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 with Active Desktop, restart the Terminal Server computer, and log on, the computer stops responding (hangs) or displays a blue screen. Little more than the Start Menu and Task Manager can be available.

If you remove the Active Desktop component, the problem is resolved for users logging on at the console but Terminal Server clients may receive the following error message:

Cannot access this file. Path is too long.

If you click OK, the client session ends.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, remove Internet Explorer and reinstall it without the Active Desktop component. Follow these steps to remove Internet Explorer:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

NOTE: It may take a long time for Control Panel to open after you click it.
 * 1) Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
 * 2) Select Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, and then click Add/Remove.
 * 3) Remove Internet Explorer.

Additional query words: update slow very minutes hang terminate

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB186497

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