RE: Drive Mapping Reverting to old mappings

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From: Dave (DHoppel_at_ptrco.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:29:43 -0700

Sorry... maybe try a really big hammer? If you are
running XP check your Active Directory Settings. You
could also try copying out the user settings to another
test account and see if it persists, if not delete the
original account create a new one and copy in the old
settings.
>-----Original Message-----
>Dave - unfortunately - it's not as simple as that :(
>
>The computer didn't suddenly end up with a login script
(plus I looked for
>one.. no dice).
>
>And it gets odder:
>
>1. IF I login as administrator - I can add a mapped
drive to Drive G (which
>is what I want to do) - or any other available drive
letter.
>
>I can reboot, restart. logout, login - and the mapping
stays intect.
>
>2. IF I login as the user - I can add a mapped drive to
any drive letter
>EXCEPT G. If I map a drive do drive letter E - all is
well. Can
>restart/reboot/logout-login - and the mapping stays
intact.
>
>BUT - if I'm logged in as the user - and map the same
network share point to
>Drive G - it's transient - it only stays mapped as long
as the user is logged
>in. If I have the user logout, restart, reboot - it
looses this drive mapping
>- but ONLY on the letter G.
>
>I've go through the registry - and found all the
references to the old share
>point on the old server - and updated them to the new
share point, or removed
>them. Didn't help.
>
>I set the user to Administrator level and tried mapping
the share point to
>Drive G - it still didn't work. Was still transient.
>
>I'm pulling hair on this one. My choices are:
>
>1. Use a different drive letter for this share point
ONLY on this machine,
>and set all the applications to use this drive letter.
>
>2. FDISK and reinstall.
>
>I've done #1 - it's not a nice solution. I will probably
do #2 next week
>when the user it out.
>
>I remain baffled..
>
>Thanks!
>
>"Dave Hoppel" wrote:
>
>> Check to see if there is a login script that is
mapping
>> the drive. If there isn't try creating a login script
>> that deletes all previous mappings (net use
* /delete /y)
>> then map what you need.
>>
>.
>

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