User Profile Editor Does Not Save System Default Profiles

 Last reviewed: September 7, 1996
Article ID: Q153401
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51 Service Pack 4
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51 Service Pack 4

SYMPTOMS

After you apply Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Windows NT 3.51, you use User Profile Editor to save System Default Profiles. No error message is displayed, but the new settings do not take effect.

CAUSE

User Profile Editor uses the MoveFileEx API internally. This API is does not work in SP4. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   Article-ID: Q149857
   TITLE     : MoveFileEx API Does Not Work After Applying SP4

RESOLUTION

Install the fix referenced below.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the product listed. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: ntprint NTSrvWkst
Additional reference words: 3.51 prodnt MoveFileEx SP4 Q149857

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Last reviewed: September 7, 1996
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