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#151995 - 2005-11-22 12:58 AM mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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hello.

I use kixstart on the new domain controller running Windows 2003, supporting around 60 users. When they log on they receive their mapped drives fine, according to their group memberships etc. BUT, many of them randomly 'drop' any of the mapped drives, having to log off and then back on to get them again. This is becoming a real nuisance over the last few weeks, and I do not know why this is occuring. The mappings point to shared directories on two other servers, one of them being a separate domain in the same network. User accounts and permissions are identical, and trust relationship has been set up between the domain controllers. Any other clues? Thanx.

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#151996 - 2005-11-22 01:00 AM Re: mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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mapping timeouts/caches.
settings exist on server and wksta's.
for wksta side, it's a problem of w2k and xp.
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#151997 - 2005-11-22 01:17 AM Re: mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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I agree with Lonk, it may be mapping timeouts.

Do the users see the drives, but the icon shows a little red 'X' over the icon? There are some registry edits or GPO settings you can make to remove the network drive inactivity timeout (I believe that is server side)
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#151998 - 2005-11-22 02:58 AM Re: mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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in any case the little X isn't an issue, as the drives are still available if clicked on
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#151999 - 2005-11-22 03:13 AM Re: mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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actually radimus, that is an issue.
for many programs, the drive is same as not connected and it does break lots of functionality.

anyway, this one is something "bigger"
the drives most likely are not x-marked but instead disappear totally.
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#152000 - 2005-11-22 09:08 AM Re: mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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Hello Helly and Welcome to the board.
 
Well I'm not sure if it is the well known Microsoft mapping issue or not but you should at least read ALL 3 articles before modifying anything so that you are aware of the consequences of the different methods to work-around this behavior
 
Mapped Drive Connection to Network Share May Be Lost
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684/EN-US/
 
How Autodisconnect Works in Windows NT and Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138365/EN-US/
 
Server service configuration and tuning
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/128167/EN-US/
 

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#152001 - 2005-11-28 05:24 AM Re: mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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Thank you for the info guys I will look into it more.
I am also experiencing some other odd behaviour with users running kixtart.bat in a Terminal Server environment. Does anyone know whether there is some problems with running kixtart under a TS environment? I have come to realise that all the problems we've been having with the logon script is all under a TS environment, not local. The initial local logon problems are all resolved now. Just wondering...

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#152002 - 2005-11-28 09:05 AM Re: mapped drives randomly dissapearing
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No, KiXtart works just fine under TS environment.

Please check out the FAQ forum where there is plenty of information on Terminal Server. Once you've become a little more familiar with the FAQ and you still have questions don't forget there is a SEARCH link at the top of each page where you can search for all types of information.

 

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