Microsoft KB Archive/238378

= Local Users and Groups Snap-in Error Message Does Not Indicate a Windows 95/98 Target Computer =

Article ID: 238378

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q238378



SYMPTOMS
When you are using the Local Users and Groups Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and you choose a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 as the target computer, the following error message is displayed:

Unable to access the computer. The error was: The RPC server is unavailable.



CAUSE
Windows 95/98 does not contain local users or groups, and cannot be administered.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB238378

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