Symptoms
When the Audit object access policy setting is enabled on removable storage devices in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, you may experience one or more of the following issues:
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You cannot create a Hyper-V virtual machine on a USB drive. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
Windows Cannot Access \\Servername\Sharename. Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose.
Error Code: 0x80070005
Access is Denied -
You cannot access file shares. This includes the default administrative shares that are located on a removable storage device. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
Windows cannot access \\Servername\Sharename.You do not have permission to access \\Servername\Sharename. Contact your network Administrator to request access.
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You cannot access an Internet Information Services (IIS) website that is hosted on a removable storage device. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
Filename: \\?\E:\WEB\Ethics\Web.config
Error: Cannot read configuration file. -
Updates to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) are not downloaded when the target path for downloads is located on a removable storage device. Additionally, error logs that resemble the following are logged:
The WSUS content directory is not accessible.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'drive:\WSUS\WsusContent\anonymousCheckFile.txt' is denied.
The server is failing to download some updates. -
You cannot install Microsoft SQL Server on a removable storage device.
