Security Fix Prevents Account Operators from Managing Accounts

RESOLUTION

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" online Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

To restore the Accounts Operator's ability to manage domain accounts from machines other than the PDC, give Read privileges to the following registry key on the PDC:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers \winreg

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

This problem is also corrected by installing Service Pack 3.