diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shlwapi/path.c b/reactos/dll/win32/shlwapi/path.c
index 507af840b33..6f40f9f9146 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shlwapi/path.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shlwapi/path.c
@@ -2197,7 +2197,12 @@ BOOL WINAPI PathIsUNCA(LPCSTR lpszPath)
 {
   TRACE("(%s)\n",debugstr_a(lpszPath));
 
-#ifdef __REACTOS__
+/*
+ * On Windows 2003, tests show that strings starting with "\\?" are
+ * considered UNC, while on Windows Vista+ this is not the case anymore.
+ */
+// #ifdef __REACTOS__
+#if 0
   if (lpszPath && (lpszPath[0]=='\\') && (lpszPath[1]=='\\') && (lpszPath[2]!='?'))
 #else
   if (lpszPath && (lpszPath[0]=='\\') && (lpszPath[1]=='\\'))
@@ -2215,7 +2220,12 @@ BOOL WINAPI PathIsUNCW(LPCWSTR lpszPath)
 {
   TRACE("(%s)\n",debugstr_w(lpszPath));
 
-#ifdef __REACTOS__
+/*
+ * On Windows 2003, tests show that strings starting with "\\?" are
+ * considered UNC, while on Windows Vista+ this is not the case anymore.
+ */
+// #ifdef __REACTOS__
+#if 0
   if (lpszPath && (lpszPath[0]=='\\') && (lpszPath[1]=='\\') && (lpszPath[2]!='?'))
 #else
   if (lpszPath && (lpszPath[0]=='\\') && (lpszPath[1]=='\\'))