Microsoft Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure & Resource Center

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Product: Windows NT Server - Terminal Version: 4.0 SP3 Category: Compliant*# Operating System: Win NT Language: German Release Date: 16 Jun 1998 Operational Range: 01 Jan 1996 - 31 Dec 2036 Prerequisites: Post-Service Pack 3 Year 2000 Update (see below) Product Dependencies: None Clock Dependencies: Relative date queries are resolved using current system time. Last Updated: 23 Jun 1999

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Introduction Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition ("Terminal Server") is a version of the Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system released in June 1998. Terminal Server was released integrated with Service Pack 3 ("SP3"). When users load the Terminal Server operating system on a computer they are asked to select from a number of installation options. In addition, Microsoft has made additional features available to licensed users on the Terminal Server CD and via the Microsoft website. Because users may have selected a variety of options and installed additional features on a given system, all options and features must be considered when assessing Year 2000 readiness status. . Microsoft has determined that Terminal Server 4.0 and some versions of additional Terminal Server features contain known Year 2000 issues that require updates. In order to update a given computer running Terminal Server 4.0 (the Target System) to a Compliant status, users must install the Windows NT Server, Terminal Server Edition, Service Pack 4 (TS SP4), expected to be released in June 1999. Once available, this approach is recommended. Information on this Service Pack will be made available on the Terminal Server website at or before release time. A Terminal Server 4.0, SP4 Year 2000 compliance document will also be made available at http://www.microsoft.com/y2k in July 1999. Microsoft recognizes that some users of Terminal Server 4.0 would prefer or need to remain on the base system (which is integrated with Service Pack 3) until after January 1, 2000. To address the needs of these users, Microsoft has prepared a number of updates to the base Terminal Server 4.0 operating system and features. Users should note, however, that: Microsoft has assigned a compliance rating of "Compliant# to Terminal Server 4.0-based systems where these updates have been applied Users must apply TS SP4 to get the rating of "Compliant" for the target system The highest compliance rating that Microsoft will assign to a system running Terminal Server 4.0 without Service Pack 4 or greater is, "Compliant#" Further, for those Terminal Server systems without Service Pack 4.0 or greater installed, Microsoft intends to maintain Terminal Server 4.0 with compliance rating at the "Compliant# level through January 1, 2001. Microsoft will do this by producing updates to the extent that new, Year 2000-related issues are discovered that would otherwise cause Microsoft to lower the rating of Terminal Server 4.0 below the "Compliant# level. The tables included below list the specific options and features (by version) that users of Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition may have installed on their systems and lists the compliance status of each option and feature. Where appropriate, the table describes a procedure for bringing an option or feature to a Compliant or Compliant# status on a system that has not been upgraded to TS SP4 or greater. Note that some options and features of Terminal Server cannot be brought to a Compliant status without applying SP4. Using the information below, however, the options and features can be brought to at least a Compliant# status. In summary, for users of Terminal Server 4.0 without TS SP4 or greater, the options and features that need to be addressed in order to attain a status of Compliant# are: Active Directory Services Interface version 1.0 (Not Tested; upgrade required to ensure Compliant status) Microsoft FrontPage 97 (Not Compliant; hot fixes required to reach Compliant status) Microsoft FrontPage 97 Server Extensions (Not Compliant; upgrade required to reach Compliant status) Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 (Not Tested; upgrade required to ensure Compliant status) Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.02 (Not Compliant; hot fixes required to reach Compliant status) Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 (Not Compliant; hot fixes required to reach Compliant status) Microsoft Internet Locator Service version 1.0 (Not Compliant; upgrade required to reach Compliant status) Microsoft Transaction Server version 1.0 (Not Tested; upgrade required to ensure Compliant status) Microsoft Transaction Server version 1.1 (Not Tested; upgrade required to ensure Compliant status) Site Server Express version 2.0 (Not Compliant; upgrade required to reach Compliant status) Detailed information about addressing year 2000 compliance issues on a feature-by-feature basis is provided below.   Evaluating the Status of a Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition System Microsoft has assigned the base (SP3) Terminal Server 4.0 operating system a status of Compliant#. This status includes options that can be selected during the installation process. This Compliant# status is based on having the following software installed:   Windows NT Server, Terminal Server Edition post-SP3 Year 2000 update -- a single install released on February 26, 1999 installs these file on to user systems. An update for this language version of Terminal Server version 4.0 SP3 can be obtained at either: http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/all/downloads or ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/     A list of the issues addressed by the post SP3 Year 2000 update is listed below: User Manager Does Not Recognize February 2000 As a Leap Year. (Q175093) User Manager and User Manager for Domains will not accept February 29, 2000 as a valid date to expire an account. Control Panel Date/Time applet. (Q180122) The date displayed by the Control Panel Date/Time applet may jump ahead one more day than expected. The system date is correct; only the displayed date is wrong. Find Files Displays Garbled Date if Year is 2000 or Greater. (Q183123) When using the Windows NT Find Files or Folders feature, the two-digit abbreviation of the year does not appear correctly. Shell Doc Property Dialog: Custom Date Incorrect after Year 2000. (Q183125) When using the document properties viewer to define a custom property to include a date type in a file, the year may not be saved correctly. Year "00" in Office Documents. (Q184132) When users try to add a Custom Date using the year "00" on the Custom tab of the properties sheet for a Microsoft Office document, they will receive the following message: "The value entered does not match with the specified type. The value will be stored as text." File & Print for NetWare file dates. (Q186669) The File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) service Logout.exe program may report the year incorrectly for files created on or after January 1, 2000. Print job date display. (Q191768) When users view a print job spooled on a different print server, such as Windows 9x or LAN Manager, from a Windows NT client, the date displayed in the print queue may be incorrect and possibly off by one year. Problems in Date/Time after Choosing February 29 (Q193056) Several behaviors may result if the Date/Time tool in Control Panel is used to select February 29 in a Leap Year. NetWare account migration. (Q193434) Novell NetWare accounts with an expiration date January 1, 2000, or later are migrated to Windows NT with the incorrect expiration date. NetWare client time & date synchronization. (Q194726) When an MS-DOS-based NetWare client attaches or logs on to a Windows NT Server computer running File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW), the client's date and time are not synchronized with that of the server when the server's date and time are beyond 12/31/1999 at 11:59:59 pm. PS1 compatible machines. (Q207799) PS1 Compatible machines will not boot if the year is set to "2000". Restore log dates. (Q216916) When files are backed up using NTBackup.exe after 12/31/1999 at 11:59:59pm, and subsequently restored, "year" values will be listed as starting with "1900" in the restore log. Users should note that some known issues in the base (SP3) Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition operating system are not being addressed, hence the rating of "Compliant#." It is for this reason Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows NT Server, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4. Listed below are the known acceptable deviations remaining in SP3 after the application of the Post-Service Pack 3 Year 2000 Update. 1. WINS/DHCP Admin show Expiration Dates incorrectly. (Q193371) Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) Admin and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DCHP) Service Admin display the expiration dates 2000 through 2009 with only one digit (for example, 1/1/2000 is displayed as 1/1/0 instead of 1/1/00). This is a display issue only. 2. Custom date properties in .DOC property dialog box. (Q207807) When a Word 97 file is selected on the desktop and the user right clicks on the file, selects "Properties", selects the "custom" tab, and then enters a date with a 2-digit year value of "01", this issue may cause the date to automatically decrement by 1 day when the "Add" button is clicked. This issue only manifests if time zone is set to Far East region time zone (Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)+8 or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)+9). 3. BIOS Date Value does not Immediately Update on January 1, 2000. (Q216913) When the Window NT System Time value rolls over from the year "1999" to "2000", the Century Byte value stored in the real time clock (RTC) is not changed until up to one hour later when the time daemon writes out the date. This behavior may cause unexpected behavior under two conditions: In a dual boot scenario, the other operating system(s) may not handle this situation properly. MS-DOS is in this class of operating systems. Some BIOSes detect this behavior as an invalid date and query the user for the correct date. This would prevent a system from rebooting without user input.   4. OLE Automation. In locales where there are other calendars in addition to the Gregorian calendar, application functionality that depends on OLE Automation to interpret 2-digit years does not properly use the date window as set in Control Panel, Regional settings. The result is that the maximum value for the sliding date window is not properly read for Gregorian dates in those locales causing it to fall back to the default value of 2029. This problem would occur only if the date window had been changed from the default value of 1930-2029. See the OLE Automation product guide for more information. 5. Incorrect Date Displayed when viewing a saved System Info Report. (Q218877) Programs that use the COleDateTime function from MFC40.dll may incorrectly parse a date after the year 2000 (02/05/2000 may become 2/05/100). The function assumes that any year passed to it as 2 digits is relative to 1900 and adds 1900 to it. If a 4-digit year is passed, this function results in the correct 4-digit year. For example, if "02" is passed (for 2002) to the function, it will return a date of "102". 6. Four-Digit Year Format for Non-English Regional Settings. (Q218941) When certain locale settings (such as Hebrew or Japanese) are used in configuring the Regional Settings Short Date Style of a system, users may not be able to choose a 4-digit year format. However, users can manually enter a 4-digit date style.   Installation options included in the Compliant# status of Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition are listed in Table 1 (below). Table 1. Option/Service Name Compliance Rating DHCP Relay Agent Compliant# DLC Protocol Compliant Gateway Services for NetWare Compliant Microsoft DHCP Server Compliant Microsoft DNS Server Compliant Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Compliant NetBEUI Protocol Compliant NetBIOS Interface Compliant Network Monitor Agent Compliant Network Monitor Tools and Agent Compliant NWLink IPX/SPX-Compatible Transport Compliant Point To Point Tunneling Protocol Compliant Remote Access Service Compliant Remote Boot Service Compliant RIP for Internet Protocol Compliant RIP for NWLink IPX/SPX-Compatible Transport Compliant RPC Configuration Compliant RPC Support for Banyan Compliant SAP Agent Compliant Server Compliant Services for Macintosh Compliant Simple TCP/IP Services Compliant SNMP Service Compliant Streams Environment Compliant TCP/IP Protocol Compliant Windows Internet Name Service Compliant# Workstation Compliant In addition to the selectable options offered during installation of Terminal Server, there are additional features that may be or may have been installed on the Target System. Table 2 (below) lists the additional features (and their versions) that Microsoft has made available to licensed users of Terminal Server 4.0 via the Terminal Server CD and the Terminal Server web page since release. In addition, because some users have installed various Windows NT Server 4.0 features and components on to Terminal Server, Table 2 includes a list of features that Microsoft has made available for Windows NT Server 4.0. This does not imply support or testing of the listed Windows NT Server features and options on Terminal Server. Use this table to verify the compliance of each feature installed on the Target Machine and to apply appropriate fixes where necessary. The Required Actions below must be performed to bring the listed features to Year 2000 compliance. Year 2000 compliance information on NT Server and other Microsoft products are found at http://www.microsoft.com/y2k. Table 2. Feature Name Version Initial Compliance Rating Required Actions Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) 1.0 Not Tested Install ADSI 2.0 Active Directory Services Interface 2.0 Compliant None Certificate Server 1.0 Compliant See Note 1 Distributed File Service 4.0 Compliant None Distributed File Service 4.1 Compliant None Imaging for Windows N/A Compliant None û the Compliant rating applies to versions that run on Windows NT Server 4.0 Index Server 1.0 Compliant None Index Server 1.1 Compliant None Index Server 2.0 Compliant None Internet Connection Services for Microsoft Remote Access Service 1.0 Compliant None Microsoft Cluster Services 1.0 Compliant None Microsoft Data Access Components See Required Actions See Required Actions Some versions of MDAC are not compliant. To make MDAC compliant, please review MDAC product guide for latest information on year 2000 issues and updates for MDAC. Microsoft Euro Currency Support for Windows NT 4.0 N/A Compliant None Microsoft Euro Currency Support for Terminal Server N/A Compliant None Microsoft FrontPage 97 "97" Not Compliant To make compliant, install FrontPage 97 Year 2000 hot fixes. Microsoft FrontPage 97 Server Extensions "97" Not Compliant To make compliant, install FrontPage 98 Server Extensions from the Windows NT Option Pack. Also see Note 2. Microsoft FrontPage 97 "97" with fixes Compliant To determine that Microsoft Front Page 97 fixes are installed, verify the version number of the file named: "(system directory)\system32\fp20tl.dll" is at least02.00.3002.23. See note 5 for instructions on verifying version numbers of .DLL files. Microsoft FrontPage 98 Server Extensions "98" Compliant None -- Also see note 2. Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.00 Not Tested To make compliant, upgrade to Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1+fixes Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 Not Compliant To make compliant, apply year 2000 fixes Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 with Year 2000 fixes Compliant To determine that Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.02 fixes are installed, verify the version number of the file named: "(system directory)\system32\wininet.dll" is in the range of either: 4.70.0.1335 to 4.70.0.1399 (for browsers with "File Upload" features enabled) or 4.70.0.1460 to 4.70.0.1499 (for browsers without "File Upload" features enabled) See note 5 for instructions on verifying version numbers of .DLL files. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Not Compliant To make compliant, upgrade to Internet Explorer version 4.01 SP1+fixes In order to make compliant, there are additional fixes needed that are posted on www.microsoft.com/y2k for Internet Explorer 4.0x 32bit. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 Compliant# To determine that Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 SP1 is installed, verify the version number of the file named: "(system directory)\system32\comctl32.dll" is at least 4.70.3110.9 or higher. See note 5 for instructions on verifying version numbers of .DLL files. In order to make compliant, there are additional fixes needed that are posted on www.microsoft.com/y2k for Internet Explorer 4.0x 32bit. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1A Compliant# In order to make compliant, there are additional fixes needed that are posted on www.microsoft.com/y2k for Internet Explorer 4.0x 32bit. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 or SP1A w/ additional fixes Compliant Additional fixes can be found on Internet Explorer 4.0x year 2000 Product Guide. www.microsoft.com/y2k Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0 Compliant None Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0 Compliant None Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 Compliant None Microsoft Internet Locator Service 1.0 Not Compliant To make compliant, install Microsoft Internet Locator Service version 2.0 Microsoft Internet Locator Service 2.0 Compliant None Microsoft Management Console 1.0 Compliant None Microsoft Message Queue Server 1.0 Compliant None Microsoft Message Queue Server 1.0E Compliant None Microsoft Transaction Server 1.0 Not Tested To make compliant, install Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0 from the Windows NT Option Pack Microsoft Transaction Server 1.1 Not Tested To make compliant, install Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0 from the Windows NT Option Pack Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0 Compliant None Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0 SP Compliant None Microsoft Virtual Machine (Many versions) See required action for description Some versions of the Microsoft Virtual Machine, including the versions that shipped with SP4 and with some versions of Internet Explorer, have Year 2000 date-related issues. Please refer to the Microsoft VM year 2000 Product Guide at Microsoft Virtual Machine for details and recommendations to address known issues. NetShow Services 1.0 Not Tested To make compliant, install NetShow 3.0 NetShow Services 3.0 Compliant None Routing and Remote Access Services 4.0 Compliant None Site Server Express 2.0 Not Compliant To make compliant, install Site Server Express version 3.0 Site Server Express 3.0 Compliant None - See Note 3 TAPI SDK 2.1 Compliant None Terminal Server client 16-bit Compliant None Terminal Server client 32-bit Compliant None Web Administrator for Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 2.0 Compliant None Windows Load Balancing Service 2.2 Compliant Windows Media Player 6.0 Compliant None Windows Scripting Host 1.0 Compliant None Zero Administration Kit for Windows NT 4.0 N/A Compliant None ûSee Note 4 Zero Administration Kit for Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition N/A Compliant None ûSee Note 4 Appendix: For convenience, Table 3 (below) lists features and products that Microsoft has made available on the Windows NT Server web site that Microsoft does not consider to be part of the Window NT Server 4.0 or Terminal Server 4.0 product for Year 2000 compliance purposes. Table 3. Feature/Product Name Notes ADSI Implemented in Java Available only in Beta test versions. Client 32 support for NetWare This is a Novell product; consult Novell for compliance information. Dial-Up Networking Access Service Performance and Security Upgrade Applies only to Windows 95 should not be present with Windows NT Server 4.0. I2O (Intelligent I/O Architecture) Drivers for Windows NT Available only in Beta test versions. Microsoft Windows NT Services for UNIX Available only in Beta test versions. Personal Web Services 4.0 Runs only on Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows 98 and should not be present with Windows NT Server 4.0. Routing and Remote Access Service Performance and Security Upgrade This is a collection of hot fixes that have no impact on Year 2000 compliance ratings. Routing and Remote Access Service Upgrade for Windows NT Server This is a collection of hot fixes that have no impact on Year 2000 compliance ratings. Windows NT Server Management Tools for Windows 95 Runs only on Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows 98 and should not be present with Windows NT Server 4.0. Notes: Certificate Server version 1.0 cannot be installed when the date is 2/29/2000. To determine which versions of FrontPage Server Extensions are actively in use, run the FrontPage Server Administrator (Fpsrvwin.exe). Click on each of the Web servers or virtual servers (listed in the box in the upper left area) that have been configured with the FrontPage Server Extensions. The version number of the FrontPage Server Extension is displayed to the right of the list. Version numbers where the first digit is "3" or greater resolve known Year 2000 issues (e.g. 3.0.2.1706). If the first digit of the version number is "1" or "2", users should install an updated version of the FrontPage Server Extensions. Refer to http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/ for more details. There is no Content Analyzer feature in Site Server Express 3.0. An updated Content Analyzer is available from the Windows NT Server Service Pack 4 Download page. http://www.microsoft.com/support/winnt/default.htm. Click on Begin the Download Process, Select Encryption Level, and Accept the License agreement. The following page allows the user to download the updated Content Analyzer. The Compliant ratings for Zero Administration Kits (ZAK kit) are based on being used with Compliant versions of the software configured for installation by the ZAK kit. To verify the version number of a dynamic link library (DLL) file, users should: Start Windows NT Explorer from the "Start/Programs" menu Locate the DLL file to be verified Select the file by pointing the mouse cursor at the file and clicking the left mouse button once Click the right mouse button once to display a menu Select "Properties" from the menu by pointing the mouse cursor at the option and clicking the left mouse button once Select the "Version" tab by pointing the mouse cursor at the tab and clicking the left mouse button once Visually Locate the version number in the field labeled "File Version"

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