Password Expiration Message Is Not Displayed with GPO Logon Script Running in Synchronous Mode

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This article was previously published under Q288234

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SYMPTOMS

If you enable synchronous processing of logon scripts in a Group Policy object (GPO), or even in a Local Computer policy, the "Your password expires in n days" message is not displayed.

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CAUSE

Synchronous processing of login scripts requires Windows to switch to the user desktop, because a script may start a program that requires user input.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time    Version        Size      File name
   --------------------------------------------------
   3/5/2001   02:12p   5.0.2195.3329  331,536   Msgina.dll

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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, disable synchronous processing of logons scripts.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265173/EN-US/ ) The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861/EN-US/ ) Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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