Why doesn't ICMP (Ping) polling work?

PROBLEM:
If you run SNMPc under Windows NT, sometimes Ping discovery and polling does not work.

CAUSE:
Raw Sockets (ICMP) are not available when you are logged on to Windows NT as a non-Admin user. This is as security feature of Windows NT.

WORKAROUND:
Please view the following Microsoft web page for a solution to this problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q195/4/45.asp

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