User password is set to NULL when using Group Policy Preferences to create a user account

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Interesting MS's KB article released:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971357

"You may encounter one or more of the following symptoms when you create a new user account by using Group Policy 
Preferences
in the Group Policy Management Editor window on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008:

* The user account password is set to NULL when you update some of its properties and then press the Apply button."

And

"* The user account password is set to NULL when you set the length of the user account password to a range of 16-23 
characters."

Huh!

Solution:
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=971357&kbln=en-us

Juha-Matti
_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.