Microsoft KB Archive/325909

= An Error Occurs When You Load Wuau.adm with Poledit in Windows NT 4.0 =

Article ID: 325909

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Software Update Services 1.0, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q325909



SYMPTOMS
If you try to load the Software Update Services Wuau.adm template in System Policy Editor in Windows NT 4.0, you may receive the following error message:

System Policy Editor

The following error occurred in \Wuau.adm on line 2:

Error 2000 Unexpected Keyword

Found: garbled characters

Expected: CLASS, CATEGORY,[strings]

The file can not be loaded.



CAUSE
This error message occurs because the Wuau.adm file uses Unicode, but Windows NT 4.0 does not support Unicode.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, open the file in Notepad. Then, click Save as on the File menu in Notepad, and then click to clear the Save as Unicode check box.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB325909

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