Hello,
If it's permissions and it may very well be that, we can test that by
opening an elevated cmd prompt while you are logged in with your account
and seeing if any applications are allowed to install then.
Right-click on a CMD prompt and choose run as administrator (you will have
to give it credentials, seeing if it's unique to the credentials for that
account. Since you are a standard user now, it should prompt for admin
credentials)
Then while in the cmd prompt, run setup and see if the behaviour is any
different of if there is a different error code.
The error code is unexpected for a permissions issue, but that doesn't
always mean that isn't the issue either.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|>Thread-Topic: Error 3125 - not a valid short name
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|>Nothing appears unusual in the generated file. My temp. workaround is to
|>make myself a regular user and use the domain admin account when
installing
|>software. An example would be the new Cisco VPN client software that is
|>compatible with Vista. Any other suggestions to look at? It appears to
me
|>to def. be permissions related in some way...
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|>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
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|>> Hello
|>> I think it's the location of the dirlist.txt that it doesn't like.
Even
|>> though you are a domain administrator, I don't think by default you
have
|>> write access to that folder. You may need to pipe it to a location in
|>> generated subfolder off the root of c drive.
|>> Assuming the error message is incorrect, I am looking for a directory
name
|>> or rather a short name that appears to be invalid or contains invalid
|>> characters. I haven't seen anything to so far.
|>> The underscore shouldn't cause an issue and it generated a good
shortname.
|>> What application are you trying to run that is generating the error
message?
|>> Thanks,
|>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>>
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|>> |>Thread-Topic: Error 3125 - not a valid short name
|>> |>thread-index: AceFoxyKoqgz4xPbSXq+fAJtXZBeDg==
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|>> |>Subject: RE: Error 3125 - not a valid short name
|>> |>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:30:00 -0700
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|>> |>C:\>dir \users\*. /a /x
|>> |> Volume in drive C has no label.
|>> |> Volume Serial Number is E235-7CF3
|>> |>
|>> |> Directory of C:\users
|>> |>
|>> |>04/19/2007 10:21 AM <DIR> .
|>> |>04/19/2007 10:21 AM <DIR> ..
|>> |>11/02/2006 09:00 AM <SYMLINKD> ALLUSE~1 All Users
|>> [C:\ProgramData]
|>> |>11/02/2006 09:00 AM <DIR> Default
|>> |>11/02/2006 09:00 AM <JUNCTION> DEFAUL~1 Default User
|>> |>[C:\Users\Defau
|>> |>lt]
|>> |>04/19/2007 05:11 PM <DIR> mike
|>> |>04/20/2007 03:57 PM <DIR> MIKE_S~1 mike_shellenberger
|>> |>11/02/2006 08:49 AM <DIR> Public
|>> |>04/20/2007 03:28 PM <DIR> SHELLE~1 shellenberger
|>> |> 0 File(s) 0 bytes
|>> |> 9 Dir(s) 69,482,831,872 bytes free
|>> |>
|>> |>c:\>dir \users\mike_shellenberger\*. /a /x /s >dirlist.txt
|>> |>Access is denied.
|>> |>
|>> |>(I am running cmd as a domain administrator, shouldn't I still have
|>> rights
|>> |>to do this?)
|>> |>
|>> |>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
|>> |>
|>> |>> Hello,
|>> |>> Nothing in there look unusual.
|>> |>> Let's see what the shortnames look like
|>> |>> run dir \users\*. /a /x
|>> |>>
|>> |>> Then let's look at
|>> |>>
|>> |>> dir \users\mike_shellenberger\*. /a /x /s >dirlist.txt
|>> |>> Look at this for anything that looks unusual for a shortname.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> Thanks,
|>> |>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>> |>>
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|>> |>> |>Subject: RE: Error 3125 - not a valid short name
|>> |>> |>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:54:02 -0700
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|>> |>> |>the user is: mike_shellenberger
|>> |>> |>Directory of C:\users
|>> |>> |>
|>> |>> |>04/19/2007 10:21 AM <DIR> .
|>> |>> |>04/19/2007 10:21 AM <DIR> ..
|>> |>> |>11/02/2006 09:00 AM <SYMLINKD> All Users [C:\ProgramData]
|>> |>> |>11/02/2006 09:00 AM <DIR> Default
|>> |>> |>11/02/2006 09:00 AM <JUNCTION> Default User
[C:\Users\Default]
|>> |>> |>04/19/2007 05:11 PM <DIR> mike
|>> |>> |>04/19/2007 05:00 PM <DIR> mike_shellenberger
|>> |>> |>11/02/2006 08:49 AM <DIR> Public
|>> |>> |>04/19/2007 04:58 PM <DIR> shellenberger
|>> |>> |>
|>> |>> |>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
|>> |>> |>
|>> |>> |>> Hello,
|>> |>> |>> What was the name used?
|>> |>> |>> Does that name show under \users\ properly?
|>> |>> |>> Open an elevated cmd prompt and change directory to c:\
|>> |>> |>> run dir \users\*. /a and report back the output.
|>> |>> |>> Thanks,
|>> |>> |>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>> |>> |>>
|>> |>> |>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
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|>> |>> |>> |>Subject: Error 3125 - not a valid short name
|>> |>> |>> |>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:38:02 -0700
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|>> |>> |>> |>I installed Vista Ultimate, joined it to our domain and setup
my
|>> |>> domain
|>> |>> |>> |>account as a local administrator on vista. When I try to run
ANY
|>> |>> setup
|>> |>> |>> |>files, I receive an error 3125: (username) is not a valid
short
|>> name.
|>> |>> If
|>> |>> |>> I
|>> |>> |>> |>run ANY setup files logged on as another local admin or
domain
|>> admin,
|>> |>> |>> |>everything works fine. I tried turning off the UAC, but that
did
|>> not
|>> |>> fix
|>> |>> |>> |>anything. Any suggestions?
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