After Upgrade, Some Programs Do Not Run When You Are Logged In as a Member of the Users Group

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This article was previously published under Q269259

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SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade from Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, some programs may not function correctly when you are logged in as a member of the Users group. However, the programs do function correctly for s member of the Power Users or Administrators group.

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CAUSE

This behavior can occur because permissions for the Users group are more restrictive in Windows 2000.

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RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, you can apply the Compatws.inf security template to mimic the permissions used in Windows NT 4.0. To apply the template, type the following at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\security\templates\compatws.inf /db compat.sdb

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