Removing Everyone(Read) from %WinRoot% Shuts Down at Logon

 Last reviewed: October 9, 1997
Article ID: Q154066
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SUMMARY

When read access for the Everyone Group has been removed from the %WinRoot% directory tree and read permissions have not been granted for the current user or group attempting to logon, an automatic shutdown of the system is initiated.

This will occur if the current user is not a member of the Administrators group(s) (either local or domain).

MORE INFORMATION

The system shutdown is caused by the inability to access the files necessary to create the Win32 subsystem process in which Program Manager will run. Because this process cannot be initiated, the system begins a shutdown.

To ensure that new users will be able to logon locally you will need to allow read access to the %WinRoot% directory tree for the group the users will belong to.

For further information on this problem, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q137155
   TITLE     : Users Without System32 Permissions Cannot Log On.

Additional query words: prodnt logon shutdown read access everyone group
Keywords : ntdomain ntgeneral NTSrv kbenv kbother kbsetup
Version : WinNT:3.5,3.51
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto kbprb kbtshoot

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Last reviewed: October 9, 1997
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