Error 649 Dialing Server with Service Pack 4 or Later Installed

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0 SP4, 4.0 SP5
• Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition versions 4.0 SP4, 4.0 SP5
• Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server version 4.5

SYMPTOMS

When you use a user account named System to dial a computer running Windows NT 4.0 Server Service Pack 4 or later, you receive one of the following error messages.

Dialing from a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98:

Error 649: You do not have dial-in permission. Change the permissions on the computer you are dialing in to, or contact your network administrator.

Error 649: The account does not have remote access permission.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this behavior from occurring, use any of the following methods:

• Rename the user account named System to something else.



• Do not upgrade the server to Service Pack 4 or later.

Additional query words: dom ras

Keywords : ntdomain ntsecurity
Version : winnt:4.0 SP4,4.0 SP5,4.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb