Service Logged On w/ User Account Able to Interact with Desktop

ID: Q124542

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

You start a service using the default account, LocalSystem. It interacts with the desktop and displays windows as expected. You stop the service and restart it using a user account. It incorrectly continues to interact with the desktop and display windows.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. 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 : ntsecurity
Version : 3.50
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :