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Q: I upgraded from Windows 95 to Windows NT 4.0. When I try to use Win95 backups to restore data, the system sends me the following error message: Foreign Tape. The tape in the drive must be erased before it can be used. Can I use my Win95 backups to perform a restore in NT?
The format of Win95 and NT backup tapes is completely different. Only Win95 machines can read Win95 backup tapes. If you have FAT drives, you can dual-boot between NT and Win95, then perform a restore. If you're on a network, you can restore the data to a Win95 machine, then move the data over the network. No matter which method you use to perform a restore, you need to start using the NT Backup application. Back up your NT system on new tapes, and save the old Win95 backups.
Q: I can't create user profiles on Windows 98 systems in my Windows NT network. The Win98 systems always store the profiles locally rather than on the NT servers. Can I set up the Win98 profiles to default to my PDC's Profiles directory?
The problem is that Win98 doesn't use the Profiles directory on an NT server—only NT profiles use the Profile directory. However, you can use the following instructions to maintain a current copy of users' profiles on your PDC:
- In each Win98 machine's Network applet in Control Panel, select Client for Microsoft Networks from the list of installed network components, and click Properties.
- Select Log on to Windows NT domain, enter the domain name, and click OK.
- Be sure that you've properly set up each Win98 user and assigned each user a home directory on an NT network server.
- When the user logs off, Win98 automatically places an updated user profile in the user's assigned home directory on the NT network (i.e., \\specified_server\user's home directory).
Q: I upgraded from Windows NT 3.51 to NT 4.0. The upgrade process was seamless; however, the process altered some of the files on the Macintosh-accessible volume. Macintosh users cannot see filenames created on a Macintosh system that contain an underscore character; PC users can see the filenames but can't open the files. If I replace the underscore in the filenames with an NT 4.0 underscore symbol, all users can view and open the files. How do I solve this problem?
Upgrade to Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later, and these problems will disappear.
Q: How do I prevent users from mapping network drives?
If you're using FAT, you can prevent mapping only by restricting users' permissions on network drives. NTFS lets you assign permissions at the file level, so you have several options to prevent users from mapping network drives. For example, if you assign No Access to a user or group of users on \%systemroot%\system32\ mprui.dll, none of the users can map a drive. If you assign No Access to \%systemroot%\system32\net1.exe, you further inhibit mapping. If you assign No Access to \%systemroot%\ system32\net.exe, users can't use the Net command (i.e., users can't use a logon script to map drives).