Legal Notice Dialog Box Interferes with Remote Shutdowns

Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
Article ID: Q167042

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51 and 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51 and 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If you try to remotely shut down a computer that has the Legal Notice dialog box displayed, the InitiateSystemShutdown API will wait indefinitely on it. Once you click OK on the dialog box, you can log on to the system like normal. You will see this behavior if you use an application such as Shutgui.exe or Shutdown.exe to remotely shut down the computer running Windows NT.

CAUSE

This problem was caused by a problem in Winlogon.exe

STATUS

This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 4.0. 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

Keywords          : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 kbfix4.00.sp2 ntdomain NTSrvWkst kbnetwork
Version           : 3.51 4.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
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