GDI+ Detection Tool running and failing for all non-admin users

[JF]

Help! Since an automatic overnight update last night I think. All users of
my Win 2000 Terminal Services/Citrix machine who are not administrators
get a message every time they log in now.

Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool

You do not have administrator privileges on this machine. This
installation cannot be completed successfully unless it is run by an
administrator.

I've logged in as the administrator and done the Windows Update to install
the GDI+ Detection Tool and it's told me that I don't have any vulnerable
programs. I've also downloaded and attempted to install the GDI+ Detection
Tool with the same results.

Any idea how I stop it from attempting to install for all my users over
and over again!

JF

 

[serverguy]

What are the Automatic Update settings for that server? If it is on a 2000
or higher domain, I would suggest setting a group policy for this server for
Automatic Updates, whether you use SUS or not.

 

[Bill Clinton]

I helped a customer fix this problem a few minutes ago. Here is how
we did it:

Sign in as a local administrator.

From the Run line enter this:
"rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
C:\WINNT\INF\AU_gdi.inf,GDIToolRun,2,N"

If that doesn't work, try this line:
"rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
C:\WINNT\INF\AU_gdi.pnf,GDIToolRun,2,N"

This will reinstall the tool with the correct security context and
should fix the problem for all users. Worked like a champ for me.

Good luck!

bc