Microsoft KB Archive/296134

= Can Set Up Newsgroup Without Administrator Permissions on Windows 2000 Using NNTP =

Article ID: 296134

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q296134



SYMPTOMS
When you set up Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) on a computer that runs Windows 2000 Server, and you restrict access control lists (ACL) so that no one except an administrator can create a newsgroup on the server, you can create the newsgroup name even though you are not an administrator.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

 Date       Time      Version        Size    File name -- 4/12/2001  04:09p   5.0.2195.3499  610,576  Nntpsvc.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbMgmtAdmin

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbsysadmin kbwin2000sp3fix kbhotfixserver KB296134

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