Microsoft KB Archive/232956

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

Article ID: 232956

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q232956



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:

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.

Keywords: kbenv kbinfo kbsetup KB232956

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