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Administrator Privilege Required to Change TCP/IP Settings

Article ID: 163107

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q163107

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to change TCP/IP protocol settings while logged on as a user who is not an administrator, you receive error messages. Some example error messages are provided in the MORE INFORMATION section of this article.

RESOLUTION

To change TCP/IP settings, you must be logged on as a member of the Administrator group. This is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, if you use the "ARP -S" command to attempt to modify the ARP cache, the following error occurs:

The ARP entry failed addition failed: 5

If you use the "ipconfig /release" command to attempt to release the current IP address, the following error occurs:

Error: Access Denied: Releasing Adapter "<adapter name>"

If you use the "route add" command to attempt to modify the route table, the following error occurs:

The route addition failed: 87

Additional query words: admin privilige dhcp winipcfg privilege prodnt right rights resolution protocol

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB163107