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Group Policies Are Not Applied to Objects in an Organizational Unit Whose Name Contains an Asterisk

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SYMPTOMS

When you link a Group Policy object (GPO) to an organizational unit, the policies in that GPO are not successfully applied to users or computers in that organizational unit.

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This problem occurs if the organizational unit's name contains an asterisk (*). Windows cannot query an organizational unit whose name contains an asterisk or any child organizational unit that has an upper-level organizational unit whose name contains an asterisk.

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RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft 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/ )

How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix Information

A supported hotfix is 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.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if 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. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

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

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

The English version of this fix 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
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08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6688      42,256  Basesrv.dll
17-Jan-2003  16:06  5.0.2195.6656     236,304  Cmd.exe
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6660     233,232  Gdi32.dll
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6688     710,928  Kernel32.dll
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6669     333,584  Msgina.dll
08-Apr-2003  05:54  5.0.2195.6701      90,232  Rdpwd.sys
28-Mar-2003  20:50  5.0.2195.6680   3,988,992  Sp3res.dll
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6688     403,216  User32.dll
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6701     386,320  Userenv.dll
08-Apr-2003  16:26  5.0.2195.6702   1,628,752  Win32k.sys
08-Apr-2003  05:48  5.0.2195.6701     181,008  Winlogon.exe
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6699     252,176  Winsrv.dll
08-Apr-2003  05:54  5.0.2195.6701      90,200  Rdpwd.sys
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6688     710,928  Kernel32.dll
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6702   1,628,752  Win32k.sys
08-Apr-2003  16:34  5.0.2195.6699     252,176  Winsrv.dll

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