Microsoft KB Archive/301381

= The User's Password Is Not Reset When the User Logs Off =

Article ID: 301381

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q301381



SYMPTOMS
When a user changes his or her password, the old password is supplied to third-party Gina files when subsequent users log on. This occurs because the Microsoft Msgina.dll dynamic-link library (DLL) does not reset the old password flag or the old password string when the first user logs off.



CAUSE
When a user changes his or her password because of the &quot;Password Expiration&quot; or &quot;User Must Change Password During Next Logon&quot; policy during the logon process, Msgina keeps a flag that indicates that the password has changed and stores the old password. When the next user logs on, this flag is not reset and the previous user's old password is stored, even though the new user does not change his or her password.



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 --  6/25/2001   04:04p   5.0.2195.3773   332,048   Msgina.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:

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbsecurity kbhotfixserver KB301381

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