Access Denied When Synchronizing or Promoting a BDC
Article ID: 197488
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q197488
SYMPTOMS
You receive an "Access Denied" error message when you attempt to promote
and/or synchronize a backup domain controller (BDC) to primary domain
controller (PDC) after you apply Service Pack 4 to one or more domain
controllers. This error message occurs if you attempt to perform the
promotion from a domain controller running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
3 (SP3).
This issue also occurs if you attempt to perform the synchronization
from a PDC running SP3 to a BDC running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.
CAUSE
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 upgrades Windows NT 4.0 security making synchronization from
a computer running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 impossible. This upgrade
also makes promoting a domain controller from a computer running Windows NT
4.0 Service Pack 3 impossible.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade the PDC to Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.
MORE INFORMATION
Note that a Windows NT 3.51 SP5 backup domain controller will have the same behavior as a Windows NT 4.0 SP3 backup domain controller.
Additional query words: SP3 SP4 Server Manager
Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB197488