Microsoft KB Archive/227623

= Users Group Members Can Modify Boot.ini When Installing Windows 2000 on a FAT Partition =

Article ID: 227623

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q227623



SYMPTOMS
When an ordinary user who is a member of the Users group is installing Windows 2000 on a drive using the FAT file system, that user can edit the Boot.ini file and save the changes.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, convert the system partition to the NTFS file system and then secure the root folder.



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

Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbsetup KB227623

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