User Removed from Account Operators Can Still Edit Accounts

 Last reviewed: August 28, 1996
Article ID: Q130736
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

After you remove a user from the Account Operators group, the user is still able to edit other user accounts originally created by the user.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. This problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.51.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug3.50 kbfix3.51
KBSubCategory: ntsecurity ntdomain NTSrvWkst
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50 user operator group usrmgr

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Last reviewed: August 28, 1996
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