diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coordinationservice/CoordinationService.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coordinationservice/CoordinationService.java
index 5a34a80d58..50564bcf22 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coordinationservice/CoordinationService.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coordinationservice/CoordinationService.java
@@ -387,7 +387,11 @@ public final class CoordinationService {
      * @return
      */
     private String getFullyQualifiedNodePath(CategoryNode category, String nodePath) {
-        return categoryNodeToPath.get(category.getDisplayName()) + "/" + nodePath.toUpperCase();
+        if(nodePath.startsWith("/")){
+            return categoryNodeToPath.get(category.getDisplayName()) + nodePath.toUpperCase();
+        }else{
+            return categoryNodeToPath.get(category.getDisplayName()) + "/" + nodePath.toUpperCase();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/core/UserPreferences.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/core/UserPreferences.java
index 81d207abae..904ab285c8 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/core/UserPreferences.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/core/UserPreferences.java
@@ -238,9 +238,6 @@ public final class UserPreferences {
     }
 
     public static boolean getIsMultiUserModeEnabled() {
-        if (!IS_WINDOWS_OS) {
-            return false;
-        }
         return preferences.getBoolean(IS_MULTI_USER_MODE_ENABLED, false);
     }
 
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/MultiUserSettingsPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/MultiUserSettingsPanel.java
index 6ebaa4293f..011cac5109 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/MultiUserSettingsPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/MultiUserSettingsPanel.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public final class MultiUserSettingsPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
     private static final String INVALID_DB_PORT_MSG = NbBundle.getMessage(MultiUserSettingsPanel.class, "MultiUserSettingsPanel.validationErrMsg.invalidDatabasePort");
     private static final String INVALID_MESSAGE_SERVICE_PORT_MSG = NbBundle.getMessage(MultiUserSettingsPanel.class, "MultiUserSettingsPanel.validationErrMsg.invalidMessageServicePort");
     private static final String INVALID_INDEXING_SERVER_PORT_MSG = NbBundle.getMessage(MultiUserSettingsPanel.class, "MultiUserSettingsPanel.validationErrMsg.invalidIndexingServerPort");
-    private static final String NON_WINDOWS_OS_MSG = NbBundle.getMessage(MultiUserSettingsPanel.class, "MultiUserSettingsPanel.nonWindowsOs.msg");
+    //private static final String NON_WINDOWS_OS_MSG = NbBundle.getMessage(MultiUserSettingsPanel.class, "MultiUserSettingsPanel.nonWindowsOs.msg");
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private final MultiUserSettingsPanelController controller;
     private final Collection<JTextField> textBoxes = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ public final class MultiUserSettingsPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
         addDocumentListeners(textBoxes, textBoxChangedListener);
         goodIcon = new ImageIcon(ImageUtilities.loadImage("org/sleuthkit/autopsy/images/good.png", false));
         badIcon = new ImageIcon(ImageUtilities.loadImage("org/sleuthkit/autopsy/images/bad.png", false));
-        if (!isWindowsOS) {
-            cbEnableMultiUser.setEnabled(false);
-            cbEnableMultiUser.setSelected(false);
-        }
         enableMultiUserComponents(textBoxes, cbEnableMultiUser.isSelected());
     }
 
@@ -491,11 +487,7 @@ public final class MultiUserSettingsPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
 
     private void cbEnableMultiUserItemStateChanged(java.awt.event.ItemEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_cbEnableMultiUserItemStateChanged
         if (!cbEnableMultiUser.isSelected()) {
-            if (!isWindowsOS) {
-                tbOops.setText(NON_WINDOWS_OS_MSG);
-            } else {
-                tbOops.setText("");
-            }
+            tbOops.setText("");
             bnTestDatabase.setEnabled(false);
             lbTestDatabase.setIcon(null);
             bnTestSolr.setEnabled(false);
@@ -684,9 +676,6 @@ public final class MultiUserSettingsPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
     }
 
     void store() {
-        if (!isWindowsOS) {
-            return;
-        }
 
         boolean multiUserCasesEnabled = cbEnableMultiUser.isSelected();
         UserPreferences.setIsMultiUserModeEnabled(multiUserCasesEnabled);
@@ -741,11 +730,7 @@ public final class MultiUserSettingsPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
      * @return true if it's okay, false otherwise.
      */
     boolean valid() {
-        if (!isWindowsOS) {
-            tbOops.setText(NON_WINDOWS_OS_MSG);
-        } else {
-            tbOops.setText("");
-        }
+        tbOops.setText("");
 
         if (cbEnableMultiUser.isSelected()) {
             return checkFieldsAndEnableButtons()