When the "Prevent access to drives from My Computer" policy is applied, you receive the following error message during the logon process: Also, when this policy is applied, you see the same error message twice if you click a drive in My Computer.

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This behavior is caused by a problem in the Shell32.dll file.

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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time      Version         Size      File name
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   07/05/2000  12:37:58  5.00.3103.1000  233,6016  Shell32.dll
				

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

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For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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