Folder Redirection fails on only some machines

[Guest Dabwang4363]

Hi everyone, this has been puzzling me for a while now and i cant find a

solution. This only seems to happen to laptop users who disconnect their

machines from the network frequently. i myself have a laptop which is

permantly connected and i never get this error.

 

Sometimes one of these users will log onto the network and their folder

redirection is not pointing to the usual server location but to the standard

c:\documents and settings\..... The only way to get this back is to do a

GPUPDATE /FORCE and this doesnt always work first time. the only 2 common

factors that i have found is that this sometimes happens when the user has

changed their domain password or are using a external 3G data card but not

always

 

i'm guessing GP isn't being applied but a GPRESULT shows that it is. this

only ever hppens with laptops, mainly using wireless and moving on / off the

network frequently

 

any help would be great

 

thanks

 

Nigel

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Folder Redirection fails on only some machines

 

Dabwang4363 <Dabwang4363@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone, this has been puzzling me for a while now and i cant

> find a solution. This only seems to happen to laptop users who

> disconnect their machines from the network frequently. i myself have

> a laptop which is permantly connected and i never get this error.

>

> Sometimes one of these users will log onto the network and their

> folder redirection is not pointing to the usual server location but

> to the standard c:\documents and settings\..... The only way to get

> this back is to do a GPUPDATE /FORCE and this doesnt always work

> first time. the only 2 common factors that i have found is that this

> sometimes happens when the user has changed their domain password or

> are using a external 3G data card but not always

>

> i'm guessing GP isn't being applied but a GPRESULT shows that it is.

> this only ever hppens with laptops, mainly using wireless and moving

> on / off the network frequently

>

> any help would be great

>

> thanks

>

> Nigel

 

Yes, if they're just disconnecting/reconnecting, you can run intoGP

problems...I always recommend that laptop users do a proper shutdown/restart

when they leave. Note that m.p.windows.group_policy might be a better group

for this question, however.

[Guest Dabwang4363]

Re: Folder Redirection fails on only some machines

 

that sounds like a plan, i'll post it in that group now

 

thanks for the help

 

Nigel

 

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Dabwang4363 <Dabwang4363@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > Hi everyone, this has been puzzling me for a while now and i cant

> > find a solution. This only seems to happen to laptop users who

> > disconnect their machines from the network frequently. i myself have

> > a laptop which is permantly connected and i never get this error.

> >

> > Sometimes one of these users will log onto the network and their

> > folder redirection is not pointing to the usual server location but

> > to the standard c:\documents and settings\..... The only way to get

> > this back is to do a GPUPDATE /FORCE and this doesnt always work

> > first time. the only 2 common factors that i have found is that this

> > sometimes happens when the user has changed their domain password or

> > are using a external 3G data card but not always

> >

> > i'm guessing GP isn't being applied but a GPRESULT shows that it is.

> > this only ever hppens with laptops, mainly using wireless and moving

> > on / off the network frequently

> >

> > any help would be great

> >

> > thanks

> >

> > Nigel

>

> Yes, if they're just disconnecting/reconnecting, you can run intoGP

> problems...I always recommend that laptop users do a proper shutdown/restart

> when they leave. Note that m.p.windows.group_policy might be a better group

> for this question, however.

>

>

>