Microsoft KB Archive/843533

= User policies for a user from another forest may be applied in Windows XP =

Article ID: 843533

Article Last Modified on 8/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Itanium-based systems

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SYMPTOMS
When the following conditions are true, user policies from one Active Directory directory service forest are applied to a user when the user logs on to another forest:
 * Two Active Directory forests exist. For example, forest A and forest B exist.
 * A two-way trust is configured between forest A and forest B.

When the user from forest A logs on to a computer in forest B, user policies from forest A that apply to the user in forest A are applied when the user logs on to forest B. This problem occurs on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional 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

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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 XP, 64-bit editions
Date        Time   Version            Size    File name        Platform

06-Jul-2004 20:58  5.1.2600.1551   1,726,976  Userenv.dll      IA-64 01-Jul-2004 22:42  5.1.2600.1551      64,000  Userinit.exe     IA-64 03-Jul-2004 02:28  5.1.2600.1551     593,920  Xpsp2res.dll     IA-64

Windows XP, 32-bit editions
Date        Time   Version            Size    File name        Platform

06-Jul-2004 20:50  5.1.2600.1550     681,984  Userenv.dll      x86 01-Jul-2004 18:03  5.1.2600.1550      22,016  Userinit.exe     x86 03-Jul-2004 02:25  5.1.2600.1551     594,432  Xpsp2res.dll     x86



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.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, 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: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbwinxpsp2fix kbwinxppresp2fix kbfix kbbug KB843533

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