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- DOCUMENT:Q104161 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Users Moved to Another Group May Lose Persistent Connections
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:buglist3.10
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- While you are using Microsoft Windows NT, if you move a User from one
- User Group to another User Group, this may cause the User's previous
- persistent connections to be lost. Once in the new User Group, any
- network connection made may not be persistent.
-
- For example: A user who starts out in the Administrators group and is
- then moved to the Power Users group loses persistent connection
- functionality. The connections while in the Power Users group will
- never be persistent.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1
- and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this
- problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
- Base as it becomes available.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. Logon to a Windows NT computer as an Administrator.
-
- 2. In the User Manager, create a new user "Test" and add it to the
- Administrators group. Set any desired password.
-
- 3. Log off and then log on as "Test."
-
- 4. In File Manager, verify that Reconnect At Logon is selected in
- the Connect Network Drive dialog box.
-
- 5. From the Disk menu, choose Connect Network Drive to connect
- drive X to \\SERVER1\SHARE (whatever server is available).
-
- 6. Log off and then log on again as "Test." Drive X will be
- reconnected to \\SERVER1\SHARE.
-
- 7. Log off, then log on as an Administrator.
-
- 8. In the User Manager, remove the "Test" user from the
- Administrators group and add "Test" to the Power Users group.
-
- 9. Log off and then log on as "Test." Drive X will not be reconnected
- to \\SERVER1\SHARE.
-
- 10. In File Manager, verify that Reconnect At Logon is STILL selected,
- and connect drive Y to \\SERVER2\SHARE.
-
- 11. Log off and then log on as "Test" again. Neither drive X nor drive
- Y is reconnected even though in File Manager, Reconnect At Logon is
- still selected.
-
- In the Registry, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
- NT\CurrentVersion\Network\Persistent Connections lists both
- \\SERVER1\SHARE and \\SERVER2\SHARE, and Save Connections=YES,
- but HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network\P and Q are unavailable.
-
- 12. Log off and then log on as an Administrator.
-
- 13. Move "Test" out of the Power Users group and back into the
- Administrators group.
-
- 14. Log off and then log on as "Test". X: will be reconnected.
- Subsequent network connections while "Test" is an Administrator
- will be persistent if Connect At Logon is selected.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: netsrv
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- Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.