Microsoft KB Archive/229679

= Files in NETLOGON Share Moved During Windows 2000 Upgrade =

PSS ID Number: 229679

Article Last Modified on 11/3/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q229679



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\ \Scripts by default.

Additional query words: FRS NTFRS

Keywords: kbenv kbinfo KB229679

Technology: kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbWinAdvServSearch

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