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Primary Group in Active Directory

While answering another question I cam across references to the 'Primary Group' and changing the 'Primary Group' of us user in Active Directory.

Despiet being a Windows 2000 and 2003 MCSE as well and have extensive systems management experience as well  I've never come across this before and an still at a lost as to exactly what its function is?

Can anyone shed any light on exactly what purpose the 'Primary Group' serves and why I might wnt to change it for a user?

I have a reference to http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/29d56071-f744-4626-8df5-3ca77a60b6be1033.mspx?mfr=true which details how to change the 'Primary Group' but why would I want to do this?

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Interesting - but I've now read it three times and I'm still not sure what in practical terms its actually used for. Also the article suggests that the reason for the primary group is because not subject to the 5000 object limit implicit in Windows 2000 AD - so what use is it in Windows 2003 which does noot have the 5000 limit?

I'm just as confused as ever !
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