When you upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro by using the Windows 8 Pro Pack, the following local groups are missing:
- Access Control Assistance Operators
- Backup Operators
- Cryptographic Operators
- Hyper-V Administrators
- Network Configuration Operators
- Power Users
- Remote Desktop Users
- Replicator
Issue 1
The Select Users button is disabled in the Remote tab of the System Properties dialog box in Control Panel. This is shown in the following figure:Issue 2
The Remote Desktop Users group is missing from the Groups folder in Local Users and Groups (LUSRMGR.MSC) MMC snap-in. This is shown in the following figure:Issue 3
The Windows Server 2012 Essentials Connection Wizard crashes. Specifically, you cannot connect to a Windows Server 2012 Essentials-based server from the Windows 8 Pro-based client computer. Additionally, the following error logs are logged in the ClientDeploy.log file that is located in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs on the client computer:[3876] 121107.194235.2285: ClientSetup: LookupAccountSid (computerName = [], sid = [S-1-5-32-544])
[3876] 121107.194235.2285: ClientSetup:
NetLocalGroupAddMember (server = [], groupName = [Administrators], sidMember = [S-1-5-21-452769647-1665919795-2316062235-1116])
[3876] 121107.194235.3067: ClientSetup: LookupAccountSid (computerName = [], sid = [S-1-5-32-555])
[3876] 121107.194235.4318: ClientSetup: !!!FATAL!!! Unhandled Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): No mapping between account names and security IDs was done at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ClientSetup.NativeMethods.LookupAccountSid(String computerName, SecurityIdentifier sid)