Troubleshooting - Administration Settings
Troubleshooting - Administration Settings
Windows XP Explorer Pane flickers on mapped network drives
When you view local drives or mapped network drives in Windows Explorer
on a Windows XP-based installation, the left pane (folder tree) or tree
view may flicker or constantly refresh the whole directory structure with
speeds varying from every few...
The AutoRun feature or the AutoPlay feature does not work when you insert
a CD-ROM in the drive
Explains why a CD-ROM may not start to play automatically when you insert
it in your CD-ROM drive. Provides a step-by-step resolution.
Group policies are not applied the way you expect; "Event ID
1058" and "Event ID 1030" errors in the application
log
Describes how to use Registry Editor to turn on the DFS client if you
receive Event ID 1058 or Event ID 1030 and your group policies are not
applied as you expect.
User authentication is not performed after you turn on computer
authentication in Windows XP
Fixes a problem where you may not be able to manage network access based
on user policy settings.
Special Shared Folders Are Missing from Windows XP Home Edition
Because of security implications, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition does
not automatically create the drive letter $, or Admin$ special shared
folders. In other versions of Windows, the drive letter $ and Admin$
special shared folders are created...
Users Cannot Negotiate a Connection When a Remote Access Policy Forces
Them to Use L2TP
When you create a remote access policy that forces some remote users to
log on the network by using a Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
connection, they cannot connect to the remote access server. This issue
may occur if all the following...
"ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO port
address" error message when you open the event viewer
Explains that you may find an "ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to
an illegal IO port address" error message in the event viewers
system event log. This behavior occurs when BIOS tries to access ports by
using an AML, endangering system.
Error Message: The Redirector Failed to Determine the Connection
Type
When you map a network drive to a local share, the following error
message may be reported in the system event log: Event ID: 3019 Source:
MRxSmb Description: The redirector failed to determine the connection
type. This behavior can occur when...
PRB: Cannot connect to domain controller and cannot apply Group Policy
with Gigabit Ethernet devices
Windows XP-based systems that use Gigabit Ethernet devices may not be
able to join an Active Directory domain, which aborts the Group Policy
download process. When this occurs, a series of events are written to the
event log. For example: Event...
Error Message: The System Has Recovered from a Serious Problem
After you upgrade your operating system from Microsoft Windows Millennium
Edition (Me) to Windows XP, you may receive an error message similar to
the following: The system has recovered from a serious problem. A log of
this error has been created....
Settings for Client for Microsoft Networks and for File and Print Sharing
for Microsoft Networks are linked in Windows XP and in Windows
2000
You can only disable or enable the Client for Microsoft Networks and the
File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks features together. You
cannot use Group Policy settings to enable one feature and not enable the
other.
Internet Explorer Maintenance Policies May Cause an Access Violation in
Winlogon
If Microsoft Internet Explorer maintenance policies are being applied,
you may receive a "Stop C000021A" error message on a blue
screen on a Windows XP-based client computer during the logon process.
Or, the client computer may restart. This...
Share-level mapped network drives are not connected after you restart
your computer
When you restart your computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP
Professional, some of the earlier mapped network drives may be
disconnected. A red "X" appears for the network drives that are
disconnected. This behavior may occur if all the...
Mapped network drive shows no drive letter or will not allow you to
create new long-named files or folders
When you try to open a mapped network drive from your Microsoft Windows
XP Professional-based client computer, you may find that there is no
drive letter in the address bar. Or, when you try to create a file or
folder by using a long name on a...
No Password Expiration Notice Is Presented During the Logon
Process
Windows XP may not display a notice to a user that the user's password is
about to expire. This problem may occur if the user logs on to a
Microsoft Windows 2000-based domain from a Windows XP Professional-based
computer on which the user has...
Remote desktop connection "The local policy of this system does not
permit you to logon interactively"
Resolves an issue with Windows that returns an error message if you try
to use the Remote Desktop Connection tool when you are not an
administrator.
"An Invalid Operation Was Attempted on an Active Network
Connection" Error Message Occurs If You Try to Browse the
Network
If you use a Windows 2000 Professional-based or a Windows XP
Professional-based client computer to browse the network, you may receive
the following error message, where Domain is the name of your domain:
Domain is not accessible. You might not...
"Network Connections" Link in Windows XP Help and Support
Displays a "Cannot Display the Page" Error Message
When you use the following steps to configure Windows, you may receive a
"cannot display the page" error message: Click Start, and then
click Help and Support.Click Customizing your computer.Click Configuring
Windows using policy.Click Windows XP...
Only the Offline Files Are Displayed When You Use a Remote Access or
Virtual Private Network Connection
When you connect to a network by using either a remote access or virtual
private network (VPN) connection, you can browse the network and you can
ping servers and receive a reply, but if you try to view the shared
resources on a server, you can...
"Access Denied" When You Delete Folders from a Mounted
Drive
When you try to delete folders that are stored on a mounted drive and to
send them to the Recycle Bin, you may receive the following error
message: Cannot delete Foldername: Access is denied. The source file may
be in use. This behavior occurs...
Windows File Protection Cannot Restore Files from a Mapped Network
Drive
Windows File Protection (WFP) cannot restore files from the installation
point that is specified in the SourcePath registry value if the value
specifies a mapped network drive. For example, if you map drive X to \\
server \ share for the...
Group Policy Support for 802.11 and 802.1x Added in Windows XP Service
Pack 1
You cannot configure Group Policy for wireless networks (IEEE 802.11x) in
Windows XP. This behavior occurs because Windows XP does not include
Group Policy support for 802.11x. Group Policy support for 802.11x was
added to Windows XP in Windows XP...
Incorrect "Prevent Access to Drives from My Computer"
Informational Message
There is a documentation error in the Windows 2000 Professional and
Windows XP Professional "Prevent access to drives from My
Computer" group policy informational message. The informational
message for this group policy incorrectly states: If you...
Cookies, Network Printers, or Drive Mappings Are Not Migrated If You Use
the User State Migration Tool
If you use the User State Migration Tool to migrate user account
information, the following user account information may not be migrated:
CookiesNetwork printersMapped network drives This behavior may occur if
you run the LoadState.exe portion of...
The "No Disk In Drive" Message Window Does Not Close
When you insert a program CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive, either start Setup
or enable the auto-play option for the program, and then you remove the
CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive while Setup is accessing data, you receive a
"No disk in drive" message...
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