User Cannot Be Given the Right to Load or Unload Device Drivers

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0, 4.0 SP4, 4.0 SP5, 4.0 SP6, 4.0 SP6a
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0, 4.0 SP4, 4.0 SP5, Terminal Server Edition
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 4.0, 4.0 SP4, 4.0 SP5, 4.0 SP6, 4.0 SP6a

SYMPTOMS

After you add a user who does not have administrator privileges to the Advanced User Rights policy in User Manager so that the user can load and unload device drivers, the privilege does not work as expected. The user receives an "access denied" error message when trying to use this privilege.

WORKAROUND

The only way to get this advanced user right to work is to add the user to the Administrators group. Loading and unloading device drivers requires administrator rights.

MORE INFORMATION

This issue has been resolved in Microsoft Windows 2000. You can give a user who does not have administrator privileges the right to load and unload device drivers in Windows 2000.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg
Version : winnt:4.0,4.0 SP4,4.0 SP5,4.0 SP6,4.0 SP6a
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb