Home drive not always mapped correctly

[Guest Rocky]

Hi,

I've set up a new domain with server 2003 R2 SP2 as the domain controllers.

 

Users home share path is in the format \\servername\users$\usershomefolder

which is set to map to drive k: in the user's account properties.

 

Randomly the K drive isn't mapped correctly. Instead K points to

\\servername\users$ even though every setting is correct. If I log off and

back on, the user's home drive is then correctly mapped to K: at

\\servername\users$\usershomefolder.

 

Does anyone know why this occurs ?

 

John

[Guest Mick Montalto]

RE: Home drive not always mapped correctly

 

While I do not have an answer to your issue, I can say that I have the exact

same issue with my domain and I have read that this is a known issue in the

Microsoft Windows 2000 & 2003 domain enviornment and that there is

apparrently no known fix for it. The only "solution" is to create a script

or batch file that maps the users directory for them outside of AD such as:

 

net use K:\ \\servername\share\%userfolder%

 

There IS a few articles posted about this but I do not have the link any

longer. My appologies on giving you this bad news but it is all the

information I have in regards to this subject.

 

"Rocky" wrote:

> Hi,

> I've set up a new domain with server 2003 R2 SP2 as the domain controllers.

>

> Users home share path is in the format \\servername\users$\usershomefolder

> which is set to map to drive k: in the user's account properties.

>

> Randomly the K drive isn't mapped correctly. Instead K points to

> \\servername\users$ even though every setting is correct. If I log off and

> back on, the user's home drive is then correctly mapped to K: at

> \\servername\users$\usershomefolder.

>

> Does anyone know why this occurs ?

>

> John

>

>

>

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Home drive not always mapped correctly

 

Rocky <acmeco@sympac.com.au> wrote:

> Hi,

> I've set up a new domain with server 2003 R2 SP2 as the domain

> controllers.

> Users home share path is in the format

> \\servername\users$\usershomefolder which is set to map to drive k:

> in the user's account properties.

> Randomly the K drive isn't mapped correctly. Instead K points to

> \\servername\users$ even though every setting is correct. If I log

> off and back on, the user's home drive is then correctly mapped to K:

> at \\servername\users$\usershomefolder.

>

> Does anyone know why this occurs ?

>

> John

 

In Group Policy, make sure you set "Always wait for network at startup &

logoin" for all your workstations.

Also make sure the users have at least "list" permissions on the root users$

folder (NTFS security).