Microsoft acknowledged Tuesday that a recent security patch is causing problems on machines running the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
The patch, released July 23 and described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-029, causes the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) on NT 4.0 machines to fail, Microsoft said.
MS03-029 patches a vulnerability in Windows NT 4.0's Server file management function. That vulnerability could make machines running NT 4.0 vulnerable to denial of service attacks, Microsoft said. However, Microsoft customers described a variety of problems immediately after downloading and installing the patch on vulnerable systems, including error messages and problems trying to log on to affected systems.
RRAS allows remote users to securely connect to NT 4.0 systems over dialup or broadband Internet connections.
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