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Editing Group Policy - Active Directory

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drexen1

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Feb 6, 2003
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I get an error message every time I go into Windows 2003 Active Directory Users and Computers and try to edit one of our Group Policies. I right click on my domain name, select properties, select Group Policy Tab, highlight the group policy I want to edit, and then select the “edit” button. As soon as I click on “edit”, I receive the following error message:


[Administrative Templates]

The following entry in the [string] section is too long and has been truncated.

This policy setting allows you to manage a list of web sites that will be allowed to open pop-up windows regardless of the Internet Explorer process’s Pop-Up Blocker settings./n/nIf you enable this policy setting, you can enter a list of the sites which will



What is causing this problem and how can I fix it?
Thanks,
 
This KB article explains the root cause and how to fix it.

[URL unfurl="true"]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842933[/url]

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I followed the article you sent me and I discovered that I have already installed the updated Group Policy Management Console with Service Pack-1 on my computer. However, once I removed this, I was able to edit group policy objects again. The only way I was able to stop this error from happening on my Win.03 Servers was too install Service Pack-1 for Win.03

Thanks again for all your help.
 
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