Home folder maps to root share

Don't know if I am in the correct newsgroup. This has just started
happening and seems to be spreading:

All users map their home folder U:\ to \\server\share\%username%. This has
always been the case and there has never been a problem. I set this up in
the user attributes, not in GPO.

Now many users' U:\ is mapped to \\server\share\, but it is intermittent.
Usually a reboot will correct it, but until rebooted, havoc prevailes. If a
user has their U:\ drive made available offline, when they logoff, it then
tries to sync the entire share with all kinds of security violations.

If I catch it happening, I will go into regedit and note that
HKU\Volatile Environment\HOMESHARE is changed to "\\server\share" instead of
it's normal setting of just "\"

Surely there is a solution out there. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Michael

Correction....in regedit, HOMEPATH is messed up when it should be "\" and
HOMESHARE is \\server\share instead of \\server\share\username.


"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don't know if I am in the correct newsgroup. This has just started
> happening and seems to be spreading:
>
> All users map their home folder U:\ to \\server\share\%username%. This
> has
> always been the case and there has never been a problem. I set this up in
> the user attributes, not in GPO.
>
> Now many users' U:\ is mapped to \\server\share\, but it is intermittent.
> Usually a reboot will correct it, but until rebooted, havoc prevailes. If
> a
> user has their U:\ drive made available offline, when they logoff, it then
> tries to sync the entire share with all kinds of security violations.
>
> If I catch it happening, I will go into regedit and note that
> HKU\Volatile Environment\HOMESHARE is changed to "\\server\share" instead
> of
> it's normal setting of just "\"
>
> Surely there is a solution out there. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
>

Michael <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Correction....in regedit, HOMEPATH is messed up when it should be "\"
> and HOMESHARE is \\server\share instead of \\server\share\username.

I'm presuming you're using XP Pro clients. Make sure that you've enabled
"always wait for network at startup and logon" via group policy, applied to
all your users' workstations.....it should take care of this. Google for
that text string and you should find a lot of hits.
>
>
> "Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Don't know if I am in the correct newsgroup. This has just started
>> happening and seems to be spreading:
>>
>> All users map their home folder U:\ to \\server\share\%username%. This
>> has
>> always been the case and there has never been a problem. I set this
>> up in the user attributes, not in GPO.
>>
>> Now many users' U:\ is mapped to \\server\share\, but it is
>> intermittent. Usually a reboot will correct it, but until rebooted,
>> havoc prevailes. If a
>> user has their U:\ drive made available offline, when they logoff,
>> it then tries to sync the entire share with all kinds of security
>> violations. If I catch it happening, I will go into regedit and note that
>> HKU\Volatile Environment\HOMESHARE is changed to "\\server\share"
>> instead of
>> it's normal setting of just "\"
>>
>> Surely there is a solution out there. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael