The Ldifde.exe tool may not export all group members when you export from multiple groups that contain many members in Windows 2000 or in Windows Server 2003

The Ldifde.exe tool may not export all group members when you export from multiple groups that contain many members. For example, this scenario occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You use the Ldifde.exe tool to export multiple groups.
• On a Microsoft Windows 2000-based domain controller, one or more of the groups that are included in the export contain more than 1000 group members. Alternatively, on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, one or more of the groups that are included in the export contain more than 1500 group members.

For each group that contains more than 1000 group members in Windows 2000, only the first 1000 group members will appear in the export list. For each group that contains more than 1500 members in Windows Server 2003, only the first 1500 group members will appear in the export list.

Because the membership list is not sorted alphabetically, the missing group members may appear to be arbitrary.

Windows 2000 exports group members in batches of 1000 entries. Windows Server 2003 exports group members in batches of 1500 entries. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server queries additional group members by using a ranged attribute specification. The LDAP server will quit a query for additional group members if the server encounters a group that has fewer values than are identified in the attribute specification range.

Windows 2000 hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

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Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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Windows Server 2003 hotfix information

There is no hotfix available for Windows Server 2003.

To work around this problem, you must export a single group at a time. For additional information about how to use the Ldifde.exe tool, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: