"Access Denied" After Unlocking Workstation When Network Is Disconnected (266684)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

This article was previously published under Q266684

SYMPTOMS

After you unlock a workstation with the network disconnected, "Access denied" error messages or other program error messages may occur after about five minutes.

CAUSE

The security subsystem erroneously removes a cached security ID (SID) entry. Because the computer is disconnected from the network, the entry cannot be reloaded. This causes some security calls not to work.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date      Time   Version        Size     File name
   ---------------------------------------------------
   10/17/00  5:36p  5.0.2195.2467  493,328  Lsasrv.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB266684