Thanks! All the same crud there that was in HKLM\etc... Thanks! -- richard
Safe to delete any of these "Kent, Larry CTR USA" <[email protected]> wrote on 12/09/2009 11:35:47 AM: > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: FOUO > Richard: > > Have you tried deleting the > HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2 > key? > > Larry > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Cannot mount a network drive > > > Greetings! > > As a part of a merger, etc, I was "migrated" to a new domain. As a > part of this migration I had 3 network drives (big!) mapped to me > via GPO. Those drives are in NYC, and I am in Illinois... > > Consequently, "My Computer" became pretty much unusable until I > unmapped the drives. (I had the GPO changed to no longer map these > drives for me.) Several re-boots later, here is the current situation ... > > I would like to mount these remote shares as drives only when I need > them. I can mount the drives off one file server with no problem. > The other two are on a different server, and here is what happens... > > I have the local physical drives A, C, D, E, and R (floppy, two SATA > hard drives, and two DVD drives). At the moment, I have no USB > drives connected. > > If I attempt to mount one of the shares from the "forbidden" server, > I get an error saying the resource is in use. If I remove the > string "net use m: " from my command (and paste the rest into an > address bar), I connect (but not as a mounted drive). > > Example: in an address box, "\\nyc01.aspca.local\Shares\InfoTech", > I see the directory, files, and all sub-directories. In a command > console, "net use m: \\nyc01.aspca.local\Shares\InfoTech" returns > the "resource in use" error. > > However, "net use m: \\nyc04.aspca.local\Shares\presentations" maps the drive. > > Clues? > > FWIW, in the registry, HKLM\System\MountedDevices shows a couple > dozen entries which begin "\??\Volume{long hex string in brackets}". > Then, I see "\DosDevices\A:" (as well as C:, D:, E:, G:, H:, I:, J:, > and R:). (No idea what G, H, I, and J are!) > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: FOUO > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
