Error Message Applying Permissions with Security Configuration Editor Installed (257504)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
This article was previously published under Q257504

SYMPTOMS

When you apply permissions on the drive containing the system files, you may receive the following error message:
Unable to save permission changes on C:
Not enough storage is available to process this command.

-or-

Unable to save permission changes on C:
The parameter is incorrect.
This problem occurs only after installing Security Configuration Editor and using the new Access Control List (ACL) editor included with it.

CAUSE

The error message is generated when a record cannot be recorded in the Application event log.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

File permissions should be saved correctly.

The event would look similar to: 
Event Type:	Information
Event Source:	AclPropagation
Event ID:	4096
Description:
ACL Propagation encountered errors on the following file system directories:

C:\WINNT.4\system32\CertSrv\CertControl         The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\CertSrv\CertControl\alpha   The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\CertSrv\CertControl\x86     The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\CertSrv\CertEnroll          The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\config                      The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\dhcp                        The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\drivers                     The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\drivers\etc                 The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\LLS                         The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\viewers                     The DACL was protected.
C:\WINNT.4\system32\wins                        The DACL was protected.
The folders that are listed in the Event log also include the Program Files folder.

NOTE: This error message does not appear in the Event log. Errors occurred when trying to write it to the Event log. This is what it would look like if it were successful.

The error message is not written to the log because the error message's size exceeds the maximum size for Event log records. An event log record has a maximum size of 32 KB of ASCII text, or (in this case), 16 KB of unicode text.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbprb KB257504
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