I have seen USB devices steal drive letters and then not have them be available for mapped drives.
I'd check Computer Management, Disk Management for used drive letters. HTH. Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Server 2K3 > > Windows XP SP3 > > > > We just replaced 60 user PCs. We have GPOs that map needed drives for the > users. One of the login scripts maps the user to their home directory, > which looks like the following: > > > > Net use F: /d > > Net use F: \\server\%username% /Persistent:yes > > > > The issues we're getting are the following: > > > > 1) Randomly the F: drive will not be mapped at all. > > 2) Randomly the F: drive will be mapped to \\server\Users, instead of > the person's personal folder. > > > > I mention the rollout of new PCs, because this behavior wasn't happening > beforehand. My personal preference for mapping personal drives is to do it > within ADUC, under the Profile tab, but that's not how it was when I got > here, and I'm still trying to plan switching it over without disrupting > users. There are no other login scripts that map the F: drive, so there's > no conflict there. Sometimes having the person log out and back into the > network fixes it, sometimes it doesn't. Also, when I mention random, I mean > it. Random users, random times, random symptom between the above two. Any > help on where I can look to figure out why this is happening would be great. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe Heaton > > AISA > > Employment Training Panel > > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor > > Sacramento, CA 95814 > > (916) 327-5276 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
