User Manager Does Not Display Horizontal Scroll Bars with Long Group Names (317308)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2

This article was previously published under Q317308

SYMPTOMS

If you are using the User Manager tool in Windows 2000 to administer users in a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based domain, and you are managing a user's group membership, the group names may be truncated. It may be difficult to differentiate among groups.

In the Windows NT 4.0 version of User Manager, a horizontal scroll bar appears in this situation.

CAUSE

Support for horizontal scroll bars in Windows NT 4.0 was added in the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

231622 Long Names of Local or Global Groups Truncated in Group Memberships Dialog Box

This change was not ported to Windows 2000 until now.

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 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
   ------------------------------------------------------
   08-Feb-2002  03:21  5.0.2195.4915  310,544  Usrmgr.exe

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.

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 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 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/27/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbSysAdmin kbWin2000sp3fix KB317308