JSI Tip 2321. NT 4.0 SP6 fixes 'NET USER / TIMES'.

Jerold Schulman

May 1, 2000

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If your not yet running Service Pack 6a for Windows NT 4.0, NET USER / TIMES does not work in the year 2000. You may receive:

             An illegal day range has been supplied.             More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3768.             An illegal time range has been supplied.             More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3769.

To fix the problem:

Service Pack 5

For Intel, download ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP5/Y2K/Times-fix/Netfixi.exe.

For alpha, download ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP5/Y2K/Times-fix/Netfixa.exe.

NOTE: Change USA to your localized abbreviation, to see if the fix is available:

Abbreviation    Language----------------------------------------------AR              ArabicBRA             BrazilCHP             Pan-ChineseCHS             Simplified Chinese (Hong Kong)CHT             Traditional ChineseCZE             Czech RepublicDAN             DenmarkEW              HebrewFIN             FinlandFRN             FranceGER             GermanyHUN             HungaryITA             ItalyJPN             JapanKOR             KoreaMET             Middle East and ThaiNLD             NetherlandsNOR             NorwayPOL             PolandRUS             RussiaSPA             SpainSVE             SwedenTH              ThaiUSA             United States/North American

Service Pack 4

For Intel, download ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP4/Y2K/Times-fix/Netfixi.exe.

For alpha, download ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP4/Y2K/Times-fix/Netfixa.exe.

NOTE: Change USA to your localized abbreviation, to see if the fix is available.

Service Pack 3

For Intel, download ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/Y2K/Times-fix/Netfixi.exe.

For alpha, download ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/Y2K/Times-fix/Netfixa.exe.

NOTE: Change USA to your localized abbreviation, to see if the fix is available.


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