The existing custom security roles are not granted hidden privileges after you apply hotfix 950886 in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

You apply hotfix 950886 in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. However, the existing custom security roles are not granted hidden privileges as expected. Therefore, when you try to access the Microsoft Dynamics CRM report, you may receive an error message that resembles the following if you have enabled the Platform tracing functionality: For more information about hotfix 950886, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

This problem is fixed in the latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: After you apply this hotfix, you must run the Microsoft.Crm.SE.GrantHiddenPrivileges.exe tool manually from the Microsoft Dynamics CRM server under a user account that has Microsoft Dynamics CRM Administrator privileges.

To obtain this tool, manually extract the UR3 package. For example, follow these steps:

1. Extract the update rollup package to C:\V4UR.
2. Start a command prompt.
3. Change directories to drive C by typing the following command:
   cd C:\V4UR\tools\granthiddenprivileges\
4. Type Microsoft.Crm.SE.GrantHiddenPrivileges.exe, and then press ENTER.

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