Microsoft KB Archive/835744

= &quot;The specified account name is not a member of the local group&quot; error message when you remove a user from a group that uses a Restricted Groups policy in Windows XP =

Article ID: 835744

Article Last Modified on 3/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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SYMPTOMS
After you establish and then apply a Group Policy object (GPO) that defines restricted groups, inactive computer accounts and inactive security identifiers (SIDs) may not be removed as expected from group membership on the destination computer. Additionally, the following events may be logged in the application event log: Event Type: Warning

Event Source: SceCli

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1202

Date: 21/09/1999

Time: 18:15:14

User: N/A

Computer:

Description: Security policies are propagated with warning. 0x4b8 : An extended error Occurred. Please look for more details in TroubleShooting section in Security Help.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1000

Date: 21/09/1999

Time: 18:15:14

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer:

Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (17) and returned a failure status code of (1208).

After you enable debug logging, an error message that is similar to the following may be logged in the log file:

Remove  \.

Error 1377: The specified account name is not a member of the local group. Error removing  \.

After you delete the account that appears in the error message, an error message that is similar to the following may be logged in the log file:

Remove SID: S-1-5-21-1398348832-478745078-1651329330-1035.

Error 1377: The specified account name is not a member of the local group.

Error removing SID: S-1-5-21-1398348832-478745078-1651329330-1035

Sid2Name does not resolve this account.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because, during the processing of the GPO, one of the user accounts or one of the SIDs that is defined in the Restricted Groups policy setting cannot be validated or cannot be found on the local computer or on the domain. When this problem occurs, subsequent users in the GPO are not made members of the target group.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
This hotfix requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Restart requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Windows Server 2003


STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbwinserv2003sp2fix kbhotfixserver kbwinxpsp2fix kbqfe kbwinxppresp2fix kbfix kbbug KB835744

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