Windows NT 4.0 Client Not Receiving New Policy in Windows 2000 Domain

ID: Q240076

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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you create a new user policy for a Windows 2000 domain and apply it to a global group that contains users with computers running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, a user who logs on with a computer running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation does not receive the new policy. Users belonging to the same group with computers that run Windows 2000 Professional do receive the new policy.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. 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. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbnetwork ntdomain ntsp kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 NT4SP6Fix
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug