Re: "Network Configuration Operators" & SP2

I would suggest you post this also in the
Microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web newsgroup to see if any of the
network gurus there have seen or heard of this. I have not had that problem
on my XP Pro SP2 computers. --- Steve



<bmgoodmanva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1138031165.805740.237940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Prior to SP2 I had added my users to the local "Network Configuration
> Operators" local group. This allowed them to change their IP-related
> information (static-to-dynamic and back again, enable/disable, etc.).
> I have built a new image with SP2, but I find that users cannot change
> any IP-related information. In fact, there seems to be a disconnect
> (at times) between what the GUI shows and what you can see from a
> command prompt.
>
> For example, as an admin, I changed from DHCP to static and assigned IP
> info. I was not prompted to reboot. The GUI and IPCONFIG show the
> static info I just assigned. I then logged out and logged in as a
> member of the "Network Configuration Operators" group. I tried to
> change from static to DHCP. I was prompted to reboot. I again logged
> in as a member of NCO. Now, when I pull up the properties for TCP/IP,
> the gui shows "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS
> server address automatically". When I type ipconfig, though, I still
> see the static ip info that I configured as an admin. When I try to
> ipconfig /release, I get a message "The operation failed as no adapter
> is in the state permissible for this operation." This is what I would
> expect to see when using a static address. So, although I am allowed
> to make changes through the GUI, as a member of NCO, I am always
> prompted to reboot, and, after rebooting, I can see no changes to the
> configuration. This used to work.
>
> I have seem comments of issues with NCO under SP2, but these seem like
> speculation. I cannot find any hard facts.
>
> Can anybody help?
>


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