Re: Active Directory W2K Servers and WinXP w/ SP2

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From: James (jfoote_at_vctx.org)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:38:58 -0700

Thanks for the quick reply. Just to be certain, this
update is ok to apply to win2k server? I see that it's
listed as product affected, but I only see download for
win2k. Is that download also for win2k server?
>-----Original Message-----
>This is the first hit in google for your error message
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>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842933
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>--
>Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory
Services
>www.joeware.net
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>James wrote:
>> Just noticed this and was wondering if anyone else has
>> experienced this. We are testing SP2 on a couple on
>> machines, mine being one of them. I have rights to our
AD
>> and work w/ our G.P.s I noticed now when ever I open a
>> policy on our win2k servers (only affects the policies
I
>> have previously opened on my XP machine), that we
receive
>> approx 140 error messages complaining that "The
following
>> entry in the [strings] section is too long and has
been
>> truncated. If you enable any policies for the security
>> page, it is strongly recommended that you also
configure
>> policy to disable the security page from being
presented
>> in the UI to prevent users from believing that they
can
>> change their security settings" and etc.
>>
>> I've created a test policy from our server and was
able
>> to open it up with no error messages. I then opened
the
>> policy from my desktop and made no changes, and went
back
>> to the server and opened the policy. The error
messages
>> began appearing as soon as I opened the policy.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>.
>

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