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Winlogon Service Update for Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 (SP6 & SP6a)

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Published: December 1, 1999

For more information, please refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 245148.

Supported update that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems determined to be at risk. Please evaluate your system's physical accessibility, network and Internet connectivity, and other factors to determine the degree of risk to your system. If your system is sufficiently at risk,

Microsoft recommends you apply the updates. Otherwise, wait for the next Windows NT 4.0 service pack that contains this update.

Click here to copy 245148i.exe (Intel based) to your computer

Click here to copy 245148a.exe (Alpha based) to your computer

How To Install

  1. The updates are packaged in an auto-install format.

    Type the executable name to install it. For example, type "245148i" for x86 platforms or "245148a" for Alpha platforms (without the quotation marks).

  2. The files can also be extracted from the update without installing them.

    To do this, copy the update to a temporary directory, and type "245148i /x" or "245148a /x" (without the quotation marks).

    After extracting the files, the update can be installed by typing "hotfix" (without the quotation marks).

NOTE: To obtain the symbol files, simply follow the instructions in step 2 above.

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