Hair color of the "person" icon for a user group becomes gray if the group contains more than 500 users (281923)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q281923 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
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article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS If a user group contains more than 500 users, the hair
color of the "person" icon for the group changes to gray. This does not affect
the functionality of the group or the users for whom the hair color of the icon
changes. This issue affects built-in groups, local groups, and global groups.
RESOLUTIONWARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
Windows must query for the class type of each
group member to assign an icon. This query can take a long time as groups grow
in size; this is the reason for the default limit.
You can override
this behavior in the registry. To do so, modify the GroupMemberQueryLimit REG_DWORD value in the following registry key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Directory
The default value is 500; you can change this value
to any value that you want to use.
Note The Windows key and the Directory UI key may not exist. Create these keys if necessary.
Also, the size of the query for
member class types is set by the GroupMemberFilterCount REG_DWORD value (in the same registry key), which defaults to 35
members per query. You can change this value to change the number of members
that are returned by a query. STATUSMicrosoft has
confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at
the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/11/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb kbui KB281923 |
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