RASMAN Registry Values Cannot Be Set Higher Than 0xFF

ID: Q193596

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

Your server running both Windows NT version 4.0 and the Remote Access Service (RAS) may receive the following event in Event Viewer:


   Event ID: 20051
   Source: RAS
   Type: Error
   Description: Using the default value for Registry parameter
                RestartTimer because the value given is not in the legal
                range for the parameter.

This happens when the following registry settings have been set to higher that 0xFF:

The following registry parameters can be found under:


   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rasman\PPP

      RestartTimer
      MaxConfigure
      MaxFailure
      MaxReject
      MaxTerminate

The resource kit documentation states that values under the registry key mentioned above can be set as high as 0xFFFFFFFF. The product documentation states this value as unlimited. The maximum is actually 0xFF.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug