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Netlogon Share Creation

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

The Netlogon service creates the Netlogon and SYSVOL shares during the domain controller promotion process. The Netlogon share stores the logon script and possibly other files. The SYSVOL share is the shared directory on domain controllers that contains Group Policy and logon script information.

Events

Event ID Source Message

5706

NetLogon

 The Netlogon service could not create server share %1. The following error occurred:
%2

NetLogon

Active Directory