Inconsistent drive mapping

I have created script file in the AD of the Windows 2003 Server to auto map
'H' & 'I' drives when user login to their Windows XP Pro workstations. Users
should see both drives in the "My Computer" of their workstations.
It works fine for the past few years! Recently, for the past few weeks, some
users complained that the map drives was inconsistent! This problem doesn't
happen to the same user.

- sometime problem happened to this user, sometime happen to another
difference user
- sometime they can't get the map drives at all.
- sometime after reboot the workstations, the map drives appearred again.
- sometime only one of the drive can be seen in the "My Computer".

Hi,

maybe here is the reason:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305293/en-us


"2Tian" wrote:

> I have created script file in the AD of the Windows 2003 Server to auto map
> 'H' & 'I' drives when user login to their Windows XP Pro workstations. Users
> should see both drives in the "My Computer" of their workstations.
> It works fine for the past few years! Recently, for the past few weeks, some
> users complained that the map drives was inconsistent! This problem doesn't
> happen to the same user.
>
> - sometime problem happened to this user, sometime happen to another
> difference user
> - sometime they can't get the map drives at all.
> - sometime after reboot the workstations, the map drives appearred again.
> - sometime only one of the drive can be seen in the "My Computer".
>
>
>
>

This is a common problem. It was not an easy task to exclude unstable drive mappings in our network. We use Desktop Authority, a Kix based desktop management tool that can easily create drive mappings.