What does Windows error code 8262 (ERROR_DS_OFFSET_RANGE_ERROR) mean?

ERROR_DS_OFFSET_RANGE_ERROR

ERROR_DS_OFFSET_RANGE_ERROR (0x00002046) is an Active Directory Domain Services LDAP result. The requested offset in an LDAP result window is outside the range that the server can return.

Record the requested offset and the result-set size or paging state that produced it. Recompute the window after directory changes and avoid reusing stale offsets when the underlying search can return a different number of entries.

What to check

• Verify the requested offset, result count, and sort order after each page of results.
• Restart the search when the underlying directory can change between pages and invalidate a virtual-list position.
• Use supported paging and sort controls rather than calculating offsets from an assumed static result set.

Useful command

Get-ADRootDSE -Server "<dc-fqdn>" | Select-Object supportedControl

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