Article ID: 835901
Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
SYMPTOMS
After you establish and then apply a Group Policy object (GPO) that defines restricted groups, the resulting group membership on the destination computer may not remove inactive computer accounts and inactive security identifiers (SIDs). Additionally, the following errors may be logged in the application 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: Computer Name
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: Computer Name
Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (17) and returned a failure status code of (1208).
After you turn on debug logging, an error message that is similar to the following may be logged in the log file:
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:
CAUSE
This problem occurs because during the processing of the GPO, one of the user accounts or SIDs that is defined in the Restricted Groups policy setting cannot be validated or is not 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.
RESOLUTION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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
You must have Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 installed to install this hotfix.
Restart requirement
You do not have to 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.
Date Time Version Size File name ----------------------------------------------------------- 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6876 388,368 Advapi32.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6866 69,904 Browser.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6824 134,928 Dnsapi.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6876 92,432 Dnsrslvr.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6883 47,888 Eventlog.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6890 143,632 Kdcsvc.dll 11-Mar-2004 02:37 5.0.2195.6903 210,192 Kerberos.dll 21-Sep-2003 00:32 5.0.2195.6824 71,888 Ksecdd.sys 11-Mar-2004 02:37 5.0.2195.6902 520,976 Lsasrv.dll 25-Feb-2004 23:59 5.0.2195.6902 33,552 Lsass.exe 11-Mar-2004 02:37 5.0.2195.6897 123,152 Msv1_0.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6897 312,592 Netapi32.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6891 371,472 Netlogon.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6896 1,028,880 Ntdsa.dll 12-Apr-2004 23:40 5.0.2195.6924 392,464 Samsrv.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6893 111,376 Scecli.dll 12-Apr-2004 23:40 5.0.2195.6923 261,392 Scesrv.dll 05-Feb-2004 20:18 5.0.2195.6896 5,869,056 Sp3res.dll 24-Mar-2004 02:17 5.0.2195.6824 50,960 W32time.dll 21-Sep-2003 00:32 5.0.2195.6824 57,104 W32tm.exe
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
MORE INFORMATION
One way to determine if an error occurred during the processing of a particular group is to check the log file. For additional information about how to turn on debug logging, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245422 How to enable logging for Security Configuration Client processing in Windows 2000
For additional information about the new file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages
For additional information about the terminology that is used in this article, 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
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