diff --git a/base/services/nfsd/idmap.c b/base/services/nfsd/idmap.c
index 328f887028c..18f44b94278 100644
--- a/base/services/nfsd/idmap.c
+++ b/base/services/nfsd/idmap.c
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ struct idmap_lookup {
 };
 
 
+#ifndef __REACTOS__
 /* configuration */
 static const char CONFIG_FILENAME[] = "C:\\ReactOS\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\ms-nfs41-idmap.conf";
+#endif
 
 struct idmap_config {
     /* ldap server information */
@@ -361,6 +363,9 @@ static int config_init(
     struct idmap_config *config)
 {
     int status;
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    char config_path[MAX_PATH];
+#endif
 
     /* load default values */
     status = config_defaults(config);
@@ -369,10 +374,29 @@ static int config_init(
         goto out;
     }
 
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    if (GetSystemDirectoryA(config_path, ARRAYSIZE(config_path)))
+    {
+        StringCchCatA(config_path, ARRAYSIZE(config_path), "\\drivers\\etc\\ms-nfs41-idmap.conf");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        StringCchCopyA(config_path, ARRAYSIZE(config_path), "C:\\ReactOS\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\ms-nfs41-idmap.conf");
+    }
+#endif
+
     /* load configuration from file */
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    status = config_load(config, config_path);
+#else
     status = config_load(config, CONFIG_FILENAME);
+#endif
     if (status) {
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+        eprintf("config_load('%s') failed with %d\n", config_path, status);
+#else
         eprintf("config_load('%s') failed with %d\n", CONFIG_FILENAME, status);
+#endif
         goto out;
     }
 out:
diff --git a/base/services/nfsd/nfs41_daemon.c b/base/services/nfsd/nfs41_daemon.c
index 7ad4ad1b12b..1a8f2dfbbe2 100644
--- a/base/services/nfsd/nfs41_daemon.c
+++ b/base/services/nfsd/nfs41_daemon.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #include <process.h>
 #include <tchar.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+#include <strsafe.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <devioctl.h>
 #include <lmcons.h> /* UNLEN for GetUserName() */
@@ -38,7 +41,9 @@
 #define MAX_NUM_THREADS 128
 DWORD NFS41D_VERSION = 0;
 
+#ifndef __REACTOS__
 static const char FILE_NETCONFIG[] = "C:\\ReactOS\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\netconfig";
+#endif
 
 /* Globals */
 char localdomain_name[NFS41_HOSTNAME_LEN];
@@ -163,10 +168,29 @@ typedef struct _nfsd_args {
 static bool_t check_for_files()
 {
     FILE *fd;
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    char config_path[MAX_PATH];
+
+    if (GetSystemDirectoryA(config_path, ARRAYSIZE(config_path)))
+    {
+        StringCchCatA(config_path, ARRAYSIZE(config_path), "\\drivers\\etc\\netconfig");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        StringCchCopyA(config_path, ARRAYSIZE(config_path), "C:\\ReactOS\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\netconfig");
+    }
+
+    fd = fopen(config_path, "r");
+#else
      
     fd = fopen(FILE_NETCONFIG, "r");
+#endif
     if (fd == NULL) {
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+        fprintf(stderr,"nfsd() failed to open file '%s'\n", config_path);
+#else
         fprintf(stderr,"nfsd() failed to open file '%s'\n", FILE_NETCONFIG);
+#endif
         return FALSE;
     }
     fclose(fd);
diff --git a/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.c b/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.c
index 920ddea694c..927d2862ade 100644
--- a/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.c
+++ b/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.c
@@ -367,12 +367,20 @@ static void RunShell(client_t *client)
    STARTUPINFO           si;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION   piProcInfo;
    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES   saAttr;
+   char cmd_path[MAX_PATH];
+
+   if (!GetEnvironmentVariableA("COMSPEC", cmd_path, ARRAYSIZE(cmd_path)))
+   {
+      if (GetSystemDirectoryA(cmd_path, ARRAYSIZE(cmd_path)))
+      {
+         StringCchCatA(cmd_path, ARRAYSIZE(cmd_path), "\\cmd.exe");
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         StringCchCopyA(cmd_path, ARRAYSIZE(cmd_path), "C:\\ReactOS\\system32\\cmd.exe");
+      }
+   }
 
-   const char *name = "c:\\reactos\\system32\\cmd.exe";
-   const char *cmd = NULL;
-   //const char *name = "d:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe";
-   //const char *cmd = "d:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe --login -i";
-   
    saAttr.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES); 
    saAttr.bInheritHandle = TRUE; 
    saAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL; 
@@ -406,8 +414,8 @@ static void RunShell(client_t *client)
    //si.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
    //si.wShowWindow = SW_SHOW;
 
-   if (!CreateProcess((LPSTR) name,              // executable module
-                      (LPSTR) cmd,               // command line 
+   if (!CreateProcess(cmd_path,                  // executable module
+                      NULL,                      // command line 
                       NULL,                      // process security attributes 
                       NULL,                      // primary thread security attributes 
                       TRUE,                      // handles are inherited 
diff --git a/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.h b/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.h
index 05132a3c86e..67927df41f2 100644
--- a/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.h
+++ b/base/services/telnetd/telnetd.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <wincon.h>
 #define _INC_WINDOWS
 #include <winsock2.h>
+#include <strsafe.h>
 
 /*
 ** macro definitions