Enable 8.3 Naming Convention on Windows Server 2008 R2

I’ve cam across this while installing McAfee ePO 4.5, I got an error relating to it and here is how to resolve it using Windows registry.

  1. Go to start -> run
  2. Type Regedit
  3. Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
  4. Change the value on NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 0
  5. Reboot the server

Nothing much to it eh =).

24478 Total Views 1 Views Today

Abdullah

Knowledge is limitless.

12 Responses

  1. Almerinda says:

    nice information, many thanks to the author. it is incomprehensible to me now, but in general, the usefulness and significance is overwhelming. thanks again and good luck!

  2. Dean says:

    Good call – same software – same issue.

    All working now.

    Star man :)

  3. birkin bag says:

    Good job. thanks for sharing.

  4. Millan Alonso says:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778996(v=WS.10).aspx

    C:\Windows\system32>fsutil 8dot3name set /?
    usage : set [0 through 3] | [ 1 | 0]

  5. Luke says:

    Hi All, this is STILL an issue for the latest EPO creation now known as EASI_EPA. At 2gb its a beast to download and at the pre-req check it still throws up this “nuance” of 8.3 naming. You’d think two things by now;
    1) How is this not fixed or automatically resolvable (click to fix button would be super!)
    2) Why isnt this supported on Server 2012 yet?

    Hope this helps others, I’m having to bang in a virtual 2008R2 just for EPO. Meh, never was going to use that 2GB of RAM anyway!

    Have a great week!
    Luke

    P.S. For a part time income thats not computers (I never take IT home!!) lookup topnotchliving.co.uk – i’m doing it, so could you!

  6. issuu.com says:

    Vivement ѵotre prochain poste

  7. Joy says:

    Had the same issue installing ePol 4.6 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and this post saved me. Many thanks

  8. blackplanet.com says:

    Je suis pressé de lire un autre article

  9. air conditioning repair North Shore says:

    This site was… how do you say it? Relevant!! Finally I’ve found something that helped me.

    Thanks!

Leave a Reply to birkin bag Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.