Consider the following scenario:

• You install the Group Policy Management Tools feature on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).
  Note: This feature is included with Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools.
• You use the text filter function in the Group Policy Management Editor window.
  Note: When the text filter function is applied, only the items that match the filter criteria are returned.
• You set the default input language to a language other than English (United States). For example, you set the default input language to English (Canada) or to French (Canada).

In this scenario, the text filter function may not return any results in the Group Policy Management Editor window. However, you expect the items that match the filter criteria to be returned in the Group Policy Management Editor window.

Notes:

• This issue does not occur if the default input language is English (United States).
• Not all languages other than English (United States) are affected by this issue.

You deploy the Group Policy “Remove CD Burning features.” However, when you open a folder on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based client computer that has CD/DVD burner installed, you may find that the “Burn” button still appears on the toolbar unexpectedly.

Notes:

• Although the “Burn” button appears, nothing happens when you click Burn.
• The “Remove CD Burning features” setting is located in the following folder in the Group Policy MMC snap-in:
  

  User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer

In a domain environment, you configure the Slow network connection time-out for user profiles Group Policy setting to reduce the time that is required for roaming profile users to log on to the domain through a slow network connection. Assume a user then logs on or logs off the domain through a slow network connection from a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer. In this scenario, the time that is required to log on or to log off the domain is still longer than expected.

Note: After you configure this Group Policy setting, you expect the roaming profile client to use a local copy of the profile if the network connection is slow.

If you check the user environment debug log or if you capture a network monitor trace, you see that the client computer downloads or uploads the roaming user profiles every time that the user logs on or logs off the domain. This behavior occurs even in a slow network environment.

Consider the following scenario:

• In an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment, you apply the Allow user name hint Group Policy setting to the Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computers. This Group Policy setting displays the domain name when a user enters the user name.
• A user uses a Smart Card certificate for authentication during logon.
• The Smart Card certificate has a subject name that is presented in the fully distinguished name (also known as DN) format. Additionally, the domain component of the subject name does not match the domain in the network.

In this scenario, when the user tries to join the domain from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer by using the Smart Card certificate, the user cannot join the domain. This problem occurs even though the name of the domain that the user tries to join is presented by the hint. In this case, the user receives the following error message:

The following error occurred attempting to join the domain Domain_Name:
The specified username is invalid.

When assigning your Autodesk product to computers in an ActiveDirectory organizational unit using Group Policies, the installation was not successful. In the Event Viewer on one of the client computers, you received the following error message:

Product: AutoCAD 2008 - English

Error 1606. Could not access network location Autodesk\AutoCAD 2008\R17.1\enu\.

For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: AutoDesk Knowledge Base Article TS1069909.

Consider the following scenario:

• In a network environment, you enable the Delete cached copies of roaming profiles Group Policy setting in a particular domain.
• In this domain, you configure some user accounts to use a mandatory user profile.
• You log on to the domain by using a user account that uses the mandatory user profile from a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
• You log off the computer.

However, if you log on to the domain from this client computer by using any other user account, you notice that the mandatory user profile is not deleted from the %SystemDrive%\Users directory as expected.

Note: This issue does not occur on a client computer that is running Windows XP.

Consider the following scenario:

• You have a computer that is running a Japanese version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista. Or, you have the Japanese language pack installed on a computer that is running an English version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista.
• On this computer, you use the Group Policy Management Editor to edit a Group Policy object.

In this scenario, the following Group Policy setting is localized incorrectly:

User Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection\Documents

Specifically, “Documents” is localized as “?????????.” This localized phrase means “Recently used files.”

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based or a Windows XP-based computer, you download the Group Policy preference client-side extensions that are described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article (KB) 943729.
• You try to turn on tracing for individual preference extensions by enabling and configuring the administrative template settings in the following location:
  

  Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy\ExtensionName Policy Processing

In this scenario, nothing is present under the administrative template settings at Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy.

Consider the following scenario:

• The following policies are enabled on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2003 in a domain:
  • Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)
  • Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (if client agrees)
• The following policies are enabled on a member computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 in the same domain:
  • Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always)
  • Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (If server agrees)

In this scenario, Group Policy settings are not applied on the member computer. Additionally, the following event is logged in the System log on the member computer:

Date: Date
Event ID: 1058
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: UserSID
Computer: CompuerName
Description:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\path\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
a) Name Resolution/Network Connectivity to the current domain controller.
b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller has not replicated to the current domain controller).
c) The Distributed File System (DFS) client has been disabled.

Note: This problem occurs only on member computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). It does not occur on member computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or the release version of Windows Vista.