Microsoft KB Archive/281923

= Hair color of the &quot;person&quot; icon for a user group becomes gray if the group contains more than 500 users =

Article ID: 281923

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q281923



Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SYMPTOMS
If a user group contains more than 500 users, the hair color of the &quot;person&quot; icon for the group changes to gray. This does not affect the functionality of the group or the users for whom the hair color of the icon changes. This issue affects built-in groups, local groups, and global groups.



RESOLUTION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

Windows must query for the class type of each group member to assign an icon. This query can take a long time as groups grow in size; this is the reason for the default limit.

You can override this behavior in the registry. To do so, modify the GroupMemberQueryLimit REG_DWORD entry in the following registry subkey:

The default value is 500. You can change this value to any value that you want to use.

Note The  key and the   subkey may not exist. Create these subkeys if necessary.

Also, the size of the query for member class types is set by the GroupMemberFilterCount REG_DWORD entry in the same registry subkey. This entry defaults to 35 members per query. You can change this value to change the number of members that are returned by a query.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: win2000hotnet kbfaqw2knet grey greyed grayed

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB281923

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.