Mapping Network Drive Problem

[Ash57]

Got a strange quirk happening when I am trying to map some network drives for one of our departments.

We run a log in script that will map two drives R and J. When the users log in for the first time on their new computers they will see those two drives mapped when they go through My Computer. However if they log off and back on, they will not see them again. When you go to "Tools" and "Map Network Drive" they will show as being mapped when you select those drive letters. And if they had created any desktop shortcuts to resources on those two drives they will work as well. Basically they just stop showing up when you try to browse for them.

Any thoughts what could be causing this issue?

Thanks.

 

[ckugo]

If you go to the address bar and type in R:\ or J:\ does it bring up the drive?

 

[bcastner]

Modify the logon script:

Instead of:

net use R: \\server\sharename
net use J: \\server sharename

Use:

net use * /Delete /Y >nul

net use R: \\server\sharename /Persistent:No /Y >nul
net use J: \\server sharename /Persistent:No /Y >nul

By default XP will set the persistent flag to yes. This can conflict with a second feature of XP, the use of cached credentials for Fast Logon.

I strongly recommend that you disable the fast logon:

To disable this "feature", open the MMC and add the group policy snap-in. Under Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->System-->Logon, change "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" to ENABLED.

This can be fed to clients via a group policy from a Windows 2000 server by upgrading the standard policy template with the XP policy template. Since this is an XP only command, non-XP systems will ignore it in a domain distributed group policy.

Best,
Bill Castner