Access Denied When Attempting to Promote a BDC to PDC

ID: Q197488

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SYMPTOMS

You receive an "Access Denied" message you when attempt to promote a backup domain controller (BDC) to primary domain controller (PDC) after you apply Service Pack 4 to one or more domain controllers. This message occurs if you attempt to perform the promotion from a domain controller running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.


CAUSE

Service Pack 4 upgrades Windows NT 4.0 security making domain controller promotion from a computer running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 impossible.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, perform the promotion from a domain controller running 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 


Keywords          : kbnetwork ntdomain ntsecurity 
Version           : winnt:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 23, 1999