"Local Users and Groups" Is Empty or Does Not Display All Member User Accounts (303280)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
This article was previously published under Q303280 SYMPTOMS When you use the Local Users and Groups snap-in to view the
members of a local group, the list may be empty or may not display all the
members of the group. If you try to re-add a missing user account, you may
receive the following error: The following error occurred
while attempting to save properties for group Administrators on computer
computer name: The specified account name is already
a member of the local group. However, if you use the net
user command on a missing account, the account is returned and
appears as a member of the correct groups. CAUSE This problem may occur if a member of the local group has a
name that is the same as that of the domain. For example, if the name of your
domain is DOMAIN, and you add a local user who is named
LocalMachine\Domain, to a local group, these
symptoms may occur.RESOLUTION 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 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
STATUSMicrosoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
This
problem was corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/26/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbfix kbprb kbQFE kbSysAdmin kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB303280 |
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