Local Users and Groups Snap-in Error Message Does Not Indicate a Windows 95/98 Target Computer

ID: Q238378

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the Local Users and Groups Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and you choose a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 as the target computer, the following error message is displayed:

Unable to access the computer Computer_Name. The error was: The RPC server is unavailable.

CAUSE

Windows 95/98 does not contain local users or groups, and cannot be administered.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb