Preserving Meta-Information During Uninstall Does Not Preserve Subweb with Unique Permissions (275318)

SYMPTOMS

When you do the following:

Remove FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions from a Web site with subwebs that are set to use unique permissions for this Web.
Select the check box to preserve Web meta-information for a later upgrade or reinstallation of the FrontPage Server Extensions.
Reinstall (configure) FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions on the Web.

The following events occur:

The unique permissions Web setting is lost.
The unique permissions and the subweb now have the permissions settings of Use same permissions as the parent Web.

NOTE: This problem occurs with the following configurations:

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system
FrontPage Server Extensions (all versions, including 4022 SR1.1)
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 4.0 and later
Root Web with subwebs set to use unique permissions for this Web through FrontPage 2000

Before you uninstall the extensions, follow these steps:

Configure the FrontPage Server Extensions to allow permissions to be set manually. To do this, follow these steps:
1. In the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for IIS, right-click the computer name, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Server Extensions tab.
3. Select the Manage Permissions Manually check box.
4. Click OK.
Uninstall the FrontPage Server Extensions from the Web site, and then select to preserve the metadata.
When you reinstall the FrontPage Server Extensions, the permissions will not be modified.
After the installation is completed, clear the Manage Permissions Manually check box.