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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe. SYMPTOMSNormally you can modify the security of an object where you have the Change Permissions right or when you own the object. However, after you apply Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or the Windows NT 3.51 SEC-FIX, you may receive the following error message when you attempt to add entries to Access Control Lists (ACL): NOTE: You can successfully add entries with the Windows NT Cacls.exe utility. For more information on SEC-FIX, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: Q143474 CAUSEYou receive the above error message because Windows NT ACL editor cannot determine the product type of the server. RESOLUTION
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ARTICLE-ID: Q155363 MORE INFORMATION
The ACL editor must know what entries to place into the list of available
domains. Domain controllers (ProductType LanManNT) do not have their own
machine name in the list of domains, while member servers and Windows NT
workstations (ServerNT and Winnt) do. The ACL editor tries to find out
about the domain role of the remote server by accessing the ProductType
value from the following registry key:
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