Monday, January 28, 2013

New KB: GP Preferences Local Groups do not accept long names

A new KB article was recently released regarding the creation of local groups (and users) using Group Policy Preferences.

“…Create a Group Policy Preference Setting for "Local User and Groups"
Computer Configuration => Preferences  => Control Panel Settings => Local User and Groups New => Group
In the "Group name" edit field, it is not possible to enter a Group/Username longer than the displayed field.
The "Group name" edit field does not allow to scroll the content, so the length is limited by the visible length of the field…”

I personally never noticed this before, but did some quick testing on Windows Server 2008 R2, the limit seems to be 32 characters. This has been fixed in Windows Server 2012.

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Source and suggested workarounds:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2616766/en-us?sd=rss&spid=14134

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