VPN Connections May Require Administrator Permissions After You Apply MS02-029 (Q318138)

When you try to use a virtual private network (VPN) connection, any of the following symptoms may occur:

• The connection appears with a red X.
• You receive the following error message:
  You do not have sufficient privileges for accessing the connection properties. Contact your administrator.

These symptoms occur under the following conditions:

• Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2) is installed.
• You are not logged on with local administrator permissions.
• You installed the fix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  318138  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318138/EN-US/ ) MS02-029: Unchecked Buffer in Remote Access Service Phonebook Allows Code to Run

Dial-up connections continue to work correctly without requiring administrator permissions. A member of the Domain Users group may be able to create and use a new VPN connection. However, the symptoms that are listed in this article may occur after the user cancels the connection.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.