Microsoft KB Archive/258960

= More Than 15 IP Addresses Assigned to Server Causes Active Directory-Related Problems =

Article ID: 258960

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q258960



SYMPTOMS
After you add 16 or more IP addresses to a domain controller and then try to apply Group Policy, events similar to the following events are recorded in the Application log and the policy settings are not applied:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1000

Date: 4/3/2000

Time: 5:59:49 PM

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer: MYDC

Description: Windows cannot access the registry information at \\ .com\sysvol\ .com\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\registry.pol with (1351).

Event Type: Error

Event Source: SceCli

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1001

Date: 4/3/2000

Time: 5:59:49 PM

User: N/A

Computer: MYDC

Description: Security policy cannot be propagated. Cannot access the template. Error code = 3. \\ .com\sysvol\ .com\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\Microsoft\Windows NT\SecEdit\GptTmpl.inf.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1000

Date: 4/3/2000

Time: 5:59:49 PM

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer: MYDC

Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (17) and returned a failure status code of (3).

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1000

Description: Windows cannot access the registry information at \\ \sysvol\ \Policies\GUID\Macine\registry.pol with (1231).

Also, attempting to add users to groups in Active Directory Users and Computers, or attempting to add users or groups to an Access Control List (ACL) on a file or folder produces the following error message:

Object Picker cannot open because no locations from which to choose objects could be found.

When you click OK, you receive the following message:

Unable to display the user selections dialog. The parameter is incorrect.



CAUSE
This behavior is caused by a buffer in Lmhsvc.dll that is limited to hold up to 15 IP addresses only.



RESOLUTION
This problem was corrected in version Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.

To resolve this issue, please upgrade to this version.



WORKAROUND
Remove some of the IP addresses that are currently assigned to the computer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbgpo kbqfe KB258960

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