Can Set Up Newsgroup Without Administrator Permissions on Windows 2000 Using NNTP (296134)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1

This article was previously published under Q296134

SYMPTOMS

When you set up Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) on a computer that runs Windows 2000 Server, and you restrict access control lists (ACL) so that no one except an administrator can create a newsgroup on the server, you can create the newsgroup name even though you are not an administrator.

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
 ------------------------------------------------------
 4/12/2001   04:09p   5.0.2195.3499  610,576  Nntpsvc.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 3.

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 kbSysAdmin kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB296134