group policy drive mapping

[Guest Kelly Armitage]

I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

drives using group policy.

 

I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc. On the

server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the drive

maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to re-run the

script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such a

simple thing is such an issue for me.

 

the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

 

NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

 

can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

Hello,

 

does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

Any eventlog ?

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

 

 

"Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

>I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

> drives using group policy.

>

> I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc. On

> the

> server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

> windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the drive

> maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to re-run

> the

> script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such a

> simple thing is such an issue for me.

>

> the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

>

> NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

>

> can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

[Guest Kelly Armitage]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those, while

both were good suggestions.....

 

i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary dns

on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my tcp/ip

settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use dhcp.... so

one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Hello,

>

> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

> Any eventlog ?

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>

>

> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

> > drives using group policy.

> >

> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc. On

> > the

> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the drive

> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to re-run

> > the

> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such a

> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

> >

> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

> >

> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

> >

> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

>

>

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

When a computer is in an AD domain, it must only have DC as DNS, no isp one.

Then you DC can foward external lookup to your ISP DNS.

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

 

 

"Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5FFCE11B-5D39-404E-9C57-377398714C22@microsoft.com...

> thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those,

> while

> both were good suggestions.....

>

> i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary dns

> on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

> therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my tcp/ip

> settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use dhcp....

> so

> one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> Hello,

>>

>> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

>> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

>> Any eventlog ?

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>>

>>

>> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message

>> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

>> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

>> > drives using group policy.

>> >

>> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc.

>> > On

>> > the

>> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

>> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the

>> > drive

>> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to

>> > re-run

>> > the

>> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such

>> > a

>> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

>> >

>> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

>> >

>> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

>> >

>> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

>>

>>

[Guest Kelly Armitage]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

ok... well maybe you can also help me out with the "same issue"

 

so with the previous posts in mind, and me saying it all works (which it

does) I do experience a small quirk which is more of a curiousity / annoyance

than anything. The mapped drive in question (Z:) on my XP PC, maps fine, and

works fine. However if I do not access it for a certain period of time, when

I look in "my computer" it says Z: Disconnected Network Drive. Yet if I

double click it to access, it lets me access it, and then the disconnected

message dissapears. As I said it works, but I know that it does NOT do that

at work (a different domain, similar setup) yet on my home domain, it is?

Maybe you have some insight?

 

Thanks :D

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> When a computer is in an AD domain, it must only have DC as DNS, no isp one.

> Then you DC can foward external lookup to your ISP DNS.

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>

>

> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:5FFCE11B-5D39-404E-9C57-377398714C22@microsoft.com...

> > thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those,

> > while

> > both were good suggestions.....

> >

> > i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary dns

> > on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

> > therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my tcp/ip

> > settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use dhcp....

> > so

> > one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

> >

> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >

> >> Hello,

> >>

> >> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

> >> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

> >> Any eventlog ?

> >>

> >> --

> >> Cordialement,

> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> >> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> >> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> >>

> >>

> >> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> >> message

> >> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

> >> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

> >> > drives using group policy.

> >> >

> >> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc.

> >> > On

> >> > the

> >> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

> >> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the

> >> > drive

> >> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to

> >> > re-run

> >> > the

> >> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such

> >> > a

> >> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

> >> >

> >> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

> >> >

> >> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

> >> >

> >> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

> >>

> >>

>

>

[Guest Kelly Armitage]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

i think i may have found the solution..... testing it now........ ( for my

last post )

 

net config server /autodisconnect:1

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> When a computer is in an AD domain, it must only have DC as DNS, no isp one.

> Then you DC can foward external lookup to your ISP DNS.

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>

>

> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:5FFCE11B-5D39-404E-9C57-377398714C22@microsoft.com...

> > thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those,

> > while

> > both were good suggestions.....

> >

> > i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary dns

> > on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

> > therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my tcp/ip

> > settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use dhcp....

> > so

> > one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

> >

> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >

> >> Hello,

> >>

> >> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

> >> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

> >> Any eventlog ?

> >>

> >> --

> >> Cordialement,

> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> >> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> >> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> >>

> >>

> >> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> >> message

> >> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

> >> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

> >> > drives using group policy.

> >> >

> >> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc.

> >> > On

> >> > the

> >> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

> >> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the

> >> > drive

> >> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to

> >> > re-run

> >> > the

> >> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such

> >> > a

> >> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

> >> >

> >> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

> >> >

> >> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

> >> >

> >> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

> >>

> >>

>

>

[Guest Mick Montalto]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

Kelly,

 

This is not a problem and is a normal part of the Windows 2000 & beyond

computing culture. Windows by default will disconnect your drives but retain

the mapping to reduce network traffic. Please keep in mind that if you do

not see a drive mapped that you know should be mapped, this is a different

issue. Just sleep well knowing that this is a normal behavior in the Windows

environment and you WANT this behavior to happen.

 

"Kelly Armitage" wrote:

> ok... well maybe you can also help me out with the "same issue"

>

> so with the previous posts in mind, and me saying it all works (which it

> does) I do experience a small quirk which is more of a curiousity / annoyance

> than anything. The mapped drive in question (Z:) on my XP PC, maps fine, and

> works fine. However if I do not access it for a certain period of time, when

> I look in "my computer" it says Z: Disconnected Network Drive. Yet if I

> double click it to access, it lets me access it, and then the disconnected

> message dissapears. As I said it works, but I know that it does NOT do that

> at work (a different domain, similar setup) yet on my home domain, it is?

> Maybe you have some insight?

>

> Thanks :D

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

> > When a computer is in an AD domain, it must only have DC as DNS, no isp one.

> > Then you DC can foward external lookup to your ISP DNS.

> >

> > --

> > Cordialement,

> > Mathieu CHATEAU

> > English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> > French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> >

> >

> > "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:5FFCE11B-5D39-404E-9C57-377398714C22@microsoft.com...

> > > thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those,

> > > while

> > > both were good suggestions.....

> > >

> > > i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary dns

> > > on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

> > > therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my tcp/ip

> > > settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use dhcp....

> > > so

> > > one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

> > >

> > > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> > >

> > >> Hello,

> > >>

> > >> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

> > >> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

> > >> Any eventlog ?

> > >>

> > >> --

> > >> Cordialement,

> > >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> > >> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> > >> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> > >>

> > >>

> > >> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> > >> message

> > >> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

> > >> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

> > >> > drives using group policy.

> > >> >

> > >> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc.

> > >> > On

> > >> > the

> > >> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

> > >> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the

> > >> > drive

> > >> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to

> > >> > re-run

> > >> > the

> > >> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such

> > >> > a

> > >> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

> > >> >

> > >> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

> > >> >

> > >> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

> > >> >

> > >> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

> > >>

> > >>

> >

> >

[Guest Kelly Armitage]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

well you might call it "normal" and i call it potentially problematic, IE

running apps across shared drives and having to initiate the connection each

time before hand........ also, if its "normal" as you say, why does it not

do it on my work domain, and why are there so many "fixes" for it right on

microsofts site?

 

nevermind, thanks for the effort ill find my own solution..... ps. if u cant

respond with something other than "sleep well" your response is a waste of

both of our time.

 

"Mick Montalto" wrote:

> Kelly,

>

> This is not a problem and is a normal part of the Windows 2000 & beyond

> computing culture. Windows by default will disconnect your drives but retain

> the mapping to reduce network traffic. Please keep in mind that if you do

> not see a drive mapped that you know should be mapped, this is a different

> issue. Just sleep well knowing that this is a normal behavior in the Windows

> environment and you WANT this behavior to happen.

>

> "Kelly Armitage" wrote:

>

> > ok... well maybe you can also help me out with the "same issue"

> >

> > so with the previous posts in mind, and me saying it all works (which it

> > does) I do experience a small quirk which is more of a curiousity / annoyance

> > than anything. The mapped drive in question (Z:) on my XP PC, maps fine, and

> > works fine. However if I do not access it for a certain period of time, when

> > I look in "my computer" it says Z: Disconnected Network Drive. Yet if I

> > double click it to access, it lets me access it, and then the disconnected

> > message dissapears. As I said it works, but I know that it does NOT do that

> > at work (a different domain, similar setup) yet on my home domain, it is?

> > Maybe you have some insight?

> >

> > Thanks :D

> >

> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >

> > > When a computer is in an AD domain, it must only have DC as DNS, no isp one.

> > > Then you DC can foward external lookup to your ISP DNS.

> > >

> > > --

> > > Cordialement,

> > > Mathieu CHATEAU

> > > English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> > > French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> > >

> > >

> > > "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > > news:5FFCE11B-5D39-404E-9C57-377398714C22@microsoft.com...

> > > > thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those,

> > > > while

> > > > both were good suggestions.....

> > > >

> > > > i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary dns

> > > > on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

> > > > therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my tcp/ip

> > > > settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use dhcp....

> > > > so

> > > > one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

> > > >

> > > > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> > > >

> > > >> Hello,

> > > >>

> > > >> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

> > > >> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

> > > >> Any eventlog ?

> > > >>

> > > >> --

> > > >> Cordialement,

> > > >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> > > >> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> > > >> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> > > >>

> > > >>

> > > >> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> > > >> message

> > > >> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

> > > >> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

> > > >> > drives using group policy.

> > > >> >

> > > >> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc.

> > > >> > On

> > > >> > the

> > > >> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

> > > >> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the

> > > >> > drive

> > > >> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to

> > > >> > re-run

> > > >> > the

> > > >> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such

> > > >> > a

> > > >> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

> > > >> >

> > > >> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

> > > >> >

> > > >> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

> > > >> >

> > > >> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

> > > >>

> > > >>

> > >

> > >

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

It's not 1 but -1

 

Mapped Drive Connection to Network Share May Be Lost

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684/en-us

 

net config server /autodisconnect:-1

 

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

 

 

"Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:79205C95-6B42-45AC-934C-084A5699BBCE@microsoft.com...

>i think i may have found the solution..... testing it now........ ( for my

> last post )

>

> net config server /autodisconnect:1

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> When a computer is in an AD domain, it must only have DC as DNS, no isp

>> one.

>> Then you DC can foward external lookup to your ISP DNS.

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>>

>>

>> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message

>> news:5FFCE11B-5D39-404E-9C57-377398714C22@microsoft.com...

>> > thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those,

>> > while

>> > both were good suggestions.....

>> >

>> > i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary

>> > dns

>> > on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

>> > therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my

>> > tcp/ip

>> > settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use

>> > dhcp....

>> > so

>> > one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

>> >

>> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Hello,

>> >>

>> >> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

>> >> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

>> >> Any eventlog ?

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Cordialement,

>> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> >> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> >> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> >> message

>> >> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

>> >> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues

>> >> >mapping

>> >> > drives using group policy.

>> >> >

>> >> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc.

>> >> > On

>> >> > the

>> >> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user.

>> >> > Under

>> >> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the

>> >> > drive

>> >> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to

>> >> > re-run

>> >> > the

>> >> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why

>> >> > such

>> >> > a

>> >> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

>> >> >

>> >> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like

>> >> > this

>> >> >

>> >> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

>> >> >

>> >> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

[Guest Mick Montalto]

Re: group policy drive mapping

 

Like I said, and refrencened below, this is the default behavior of Windows.

Next time I'd apprecaite it if you weren't so abrassive to someone whom was

just trying to be of assistance to you.

 

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/297684/en-us

 

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and

Windows Server 2003 can drop idle connections after a specified time-out

period (by default, 15 minutes) to prevent wasting server resources on unused

sessions. The connection can be re-established very quickly, if required

 

"Kelly Armitage" wrote:

> i think i may have found the solution..... testing it now........ ( for my

> last post )

>

> net config server /autodisconnect:1

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

> > When a computer is in an AD domain, it must only have DC as DNS, no isp one.

> > Then you DC can foward external lookup to your ISP DNS.

> >

> > --

> > Cordialement,

> > Mathieu CHATEAU

> > English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> > French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> >

> >

> > "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:5FFCE11B-5D39-404E-9C57-377398714C22@microsoft.com...

> > > thanks for the answer, i have figured it out, it was neither of those,

> > > while

> > > both were good suggestions.....

> > >

> > > i forgot for testing purposes, i had swapped the primary and secondary dns

> > > on the pc, putting my ISP's dns server first, and my dns server second,

> > > therefore unable to resolve "server01" apparently i also changed my tcp/ip

> > > settings on the pc to enable netbios over tcp/ip as I do not use dhcp....

> > > so

> > > one of those corrected the problem.... but thanks for the help :)

> > >

> > > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> > >

> > >> Hello,

> > >>

> > >> does the computer goes in sleep/standby mode ?

> > >> Can windows disable the network card to save power ?

> > >> Any eventlog ?

> > >>

> > >> --

> > >> Cordialement,

> > >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> > >> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> > >> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> > >>

> > >>

> > >> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmitage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> > >> message

> > >> news:9CEA8B95-337F-4171-876A-5581D9E6168A@microsoft.com...

> > >> >I have a question that should be simple yet I always have issues mapping

> > >> > drives using group policy.

> > >> >

> > >> > I connect to server 2003, joining the domain on a windows xp pro pc.

> > >> > On

> > >> > the

> > >> > server I have group policy set on the OU which contains my user. Under

> > >> > windows settings / logon I have a simple script to map a drive. the

> > >> > drive

> > >> > maps yet disconnects eventually requiring me to log off and on to

> > >> > re-run

> > >> > the

> > >> > script. (or mapping the drive manually) and i cant understand why such

> > >> > a

> > >> > simple thing is such an issue for me.

> > >> >

> > >> > the script file is called logon.bat and the batch file looks like this

> > >> >

> > >> > NET USE z: \\server01\archives$ /PERSISTENT:yes

> > >> >

> > >> > can anyone make any suggestions ? its driving me batty

> > >>

> > >>

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> >