Universal group scope is incorrectly documented in Windows 2000 Help (318862)

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The following statement is correct:

How to View the Table That Summarizes Group Scope Behavior

1. Click Start, and then click Help.
2. Click the Index tab.
3. Type the following keywords:

   Active Directory groups

4. Under Active Directory groups in the left pane, click scopes, overview, and then click Display.
5. The incorrect statement is displayed in the second row of the Universal scope column in the table that is displayed in the right pane of Windows 2000 Help.

The following table, which summarizes the behavior of the different group scopes, is correct.

Group Capability	Universal scope	Global scope	Domain local scope
Native Mode Membership	Accounts from any domain, as well as groups from any domain regardless of scope.	Only accounts from the same domain and global groups from the same domain.	Accounts, global groups, and universal groups from any domain; domain local groups from the same domain only.
Mixed Mode Membership.	Can't be created in mixed-mode domains.	Only account from the same domain.	Accounts and global groups from any domain.
Member of	Can be put into other groups and assigned permissions in any domain.	Can be put into other groups and assigned permissions in any domain.	Can be put into other domain local groups and assigned permissions only in the same domain.
Scope Conversion	Cannot be converted to any other group scope.	Can be converted to universal scope, provided it is not a member of any other group having global scope.	Can be converted to universal scope, provided it does not have as its member another group having domain local scope.

Note Group membership rules prevent both Universal and Global groups from containing members from another forest, even if there is a cross-forest trust.