MPS Install Removes Default Windows NT Administrative Shares

Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q161710

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server, version 4.0
Microsoft Commercial Internet Services, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Personalization System (MPS) Operations Guide details the use of the Windows NT 4.0 System Policy Editor to turn off the 8.3 file name creation. After you follow this MPS pre-setup instruction, the Windows NT default administrative shares are no longer available.

CAUSE

This is the result of a known issue with the Windows NT System Policy Editor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0 of Microsoft Windows NT. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCE

For more information on this issue, please see to the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q155345
   TITLE     : How To Re-Create Administrative Shares in Windows NT

Additional query words: normandy mcis cismps
Keywords : kbbug3.50 kbbug3.51 kbbug4.00 kbinterop kbnetwork
Version : 1.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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