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NetWare migration tool cannot find the domain controller.
John Savill
March 4, 1999
1 Min Read
A. When the NetWare migration tool (nwconv.exe) is run it tries to establish a connection to the domain controller, or specifically the ADMIN$ share. If it fails the error:
Cannot connect to server:
The Network name cannot be found
The Admin$ share can be disabled by setting AutoShareServer to 0 on the domain controller. To fix this perform the following:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParameters
Double click on AutoShareServer and set to 1. Click OK
Close the registry editor
You should now reboot however if that is not convenient just type
C:> net share admin$
which will create the share now and thanks to the registry change it will also be created at reboot time.
If AutoShareServer was already 1 or did not exist the it may be just admin$ has been corrupted so again type the command
C:> net share admin$
to recreate.
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