Microsoft KB Archive/228236

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Non-Administrators Can Change COM Port Settings in Device Manager

Article ID: 228236

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition



This article was previously published under Q228236

SYMPTOMS

Within Device Manager (Devmgmt.msc), non-administrators can change COM port settings. This behavior affects only Windows 2000 Professional.

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 kbui KB228236