Files in NETLOGON Share Moved During Windows 2000 Upgrade

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.x and 4.0, domain controllers maintain a NETLOGON share in which administrators typically keep logon scripts and system policy files. After a computer is upgraded to Windows 2000 and promoted to a domain controller, the NETLOGON share and its contents are moved to a new location known as SYSVOL that is part of an automatically replicated folder structure that is replicated amongst domain controllers in the same domain.

MORE INFORMATION

During the promotion to domain controller, the administrator specifies the location in which SYSVOL should be created. This becomes the folder structure that is automatically replicated to other domain controllers in the same domain by the File Replication service (FRS). Because the administrator has this option, the location of SYSVOL on each domain controller may vary.

A Scripts folder is automatically created in SYSVOL under a junction named with the domain name. Any files that reside in the folder shared as NETLOGON are moved to the Scripts folder.

By default, on Windows NT 3.x and 4.0 domain controllers, the %SystemRoot%\System32\Repl\Import\Scripts folder is shared as NETLOGON. The Dcpromo.exe tool (the tool used for promotion to domain controller) also modifies the registry data that defines the path to the NETLOGON share. When the Windows 2000-based computer starts as a domain controller, the folder that is shared as NETLOGON is SYSVOL path\SYSVOL\DomainName\Scripts by default.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo