diff --git a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs
index 4642b2adaf..7d4851652b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs
@@ -623,10 +623,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
                 if (agent != null)
                     break;
             }
-            if (agent == null) // oops
-                return AgentID.ToString();
+            if (agent != null)
+                return Util.ProduceUserUniversalIdentifier(agent);
+            
+            // we don't know anything about this foreign user
+            // try asking the user management module, which may know more
+            return m_UserManagement.GetUserUUI(AgentID);
 
-            return Util.ProduceUserUniversalIdentifier(agent);
         }
 
         private string AgentUUIForOutside(string AgentIDStr)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/UserManagement/UserManagementModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/UserManagement/UserManagementModule.cs
index 7adb203bed..8c983e68d5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/UserManagement/UserManagementModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/UserManagement/UserManagementModule.cs
@@ -481,14 +481,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.UserManagement
 
         public string GetUserUUI(UUID userID)
         {
-            UserAccount account = m_Scenes[0].UserAccountService.GetUserAccount(m_Scenes[0].RegionInfo.ScopeID, userID);
-            if (account != null)
-                return userID.ToString();
-
             UserData ud;
             lock (m_UserCache)
                 m_UserCache.TryGetValue(userID, out ud);
 
+            if (ud == null) // It's not in the cache
+            {
+                string[] names = new string[2];
+                // This will pull the data from either UserAccounts or GridUser
+                // and stick it into the cache
+                TryGetUserNamesFromServices(userID, names);
+                lock (m_UserCache)
+                    m_UserCache.TryGetValue(userID, out ud);
+            }
+
             if (ud != null)
             {
                 string homeURL = ud.HomeURL;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 3eaa8fd5fb..e00206ff52 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -5801,11 +5801,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
             try
             {
-                // If this is a hypergrid user, then we can't perform a successful groups access check here since this
-                // currently relies on a circuit being present in the AuthenticateHandler to construct a Hypergrid ID.
-                // This is only present in NewUserConnection() which entity transfer calls very soon after QueryAccess().
-                // Therefore, we'll defer to the check in NewUserConnection() instead.
-                if (!AuthorizeUser(aCircuit, !UserManagementModule.IsLocalGridUser(agentID), out reason))
+                if (!AuthorizeUser(aCircuit, false, out reason))
                 {
                     //m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE]: Denying access for {0}", agentID);
                     return false;