https://community.hpe.com/t5/storeeasy-storage/8dot3-filename-creation/m-p/504666#M647 I have a pair of NAS2000S, set up by someone who has now left the company, which has registry NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation set to 1 (i.e. don't create 8.3 filenames). Is there any special reason for doing this on HP NAS 2000 - or can I safely change it ? Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:56:02 GMT CA1257110 2005-03-10T08:56:02Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storeeasy-storage/8dot3-filename-creation/m-p/504666#M647 I have a pair of NAS2000S, set up by someone who has now left the company, which has registry NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation set to 1 (i.e. don't create 8.3 filenames). Is there any special reason for doing this on HP NAS 2000 - or can I safely change it ? Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:56:02 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storeeasy-storage/8dot3-filename-creation/m-p/504666#M647 CA1257110 2005-03-10T08:56:02Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storeeasy-storage/8dot3-filename-creation/m-p/504667#M648 Graham,<BR /><BR />Microsoft NTFS 8.3 file name support was disabled on the StorageWorks NAS 2000s to improve performance of the Storage server. The next NAS Service Release will provide an option to enable 8.3 file name support.<BR /> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:51:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storeeasy-storage/8dot3-filename-creation/m-p/504667#M648 CA1118839 2005-03-10T11:51:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storeeasy-storage/8dot3-filename-creation/m-p/504668#M649 Presumably changing the registry setting will only slow it down (how much?), not cause any other unwanted side-effects ?<BR /> Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:51:28 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storeeasy-storage/8dot3-filename-creation/m-p/504668#M649 CA1257110 2005-03-11T02:51:28Z