Shared Folders Change Permissions Upgrading Windows 95/98 to Windows 2000

ID: Q232956

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SUMMARY

When you upgrade a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 that contains shared folders to Windows 2000, the shares are mapped to Windows 2000 share permissions.

MORE INFORMATION

Because you are upgrading to a new operating system, the permissions must be changed. The permissions mappings are:

Windows 95/98 Windows 2000

ReadOnly Read

Full Access Full Control

Custom Change

Note that these mappings apply only to share-level permissions. If you convert the drive to the NTFS file system during the upgrade, default NTFS permissions are used.

Additional query words:

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