WinNT 4.0 Resource Kit Utility "Remote Console" Client Fails

 Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
Article ID: Q159098
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Remote Control utility in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit allows a user to take control remotely of a CMD console session. The remote control client fails when a console program that changes the active screen buffer is launched.

CAUSE

Among the processes running in the console, only the process that had opened handles to the screen buffer have access to it.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 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

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp2 ntreskit NTSrvWkst kbtool
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
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