Trouble with a mapped drive

I have a win98 client who occasionally gets an error
message: P:\\(mapped drive)Not Accessible. Access denied.
Prior to this happening, the user will have already
opened shared files and folders on this drive with no
trouble. After the message appears, any attempt to open
the shared drive fails and the user needs to reboot to
correct the issue. Any help on this is greatly
appreciated.

Thanks

Forget the mapped Drive and try using the network path, or a shortcut to the
network location. See what it does then.

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:463f01c4a571$7306a7c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a win98 client who occasionally gets an error
> message: P:\\(mapped drive)Not Accessible. Access denied.
> Prior to this happening, the user will have already
> opened shared files and folders on this drive with no
> trouble. After the message appears, any attempt to open
> the shared drive fails and the user needs to reboot to
> correct the issue. Any help on this is greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks

Phillip:

Thanks for you response. Will give it a try.

>-----Original Message-----
>Forget the mapped Drive and try using the network path,
or a shortcut to the
>network location. See what it does then.
>
>--
>
>Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
>www.wandtv.com
>
>"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:463f01c4a571$7306a7c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have a win98 client who occasionally gets an error
>> message: P:\\(mapped drive)Not Accessible. Access
denied.
>> Prior to this happening, the user will have already
>> opened shared files and folders on this drive with no
>> trouble. After the message appears, any attempt to open
>> the shared drive fails and the user needs to reboot to
>> correct the issue. Any help on this is greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
>.
>

Phillip:

One more question. Like you suggested, I tried typing in
the network path to create the shortcut and the server
could not be found. I was able to ping the server
successfully using both the IP Address and the Netbios
name. Do you have any ideas why this machine can't find
the server when I type in the path?

Thanks . . .

>-----Original Message-----
>Phillip:
>
>Thanks for you response. Will give it a try.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Forget the mapped Drive and try using the network path,
>or a shortcut to the
>>network location. See what it does then.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
>>www.wandtv.com
>>
>>"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>message
>>news:463f01c4a571$7306a7c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I have a win98 client who occasionally gets an error
>>> message: P:\\(mapped drive)Not Accessible. Access
>denied.
>>> Prior to this happening, the user will have already
>>> opened shared files and folders on this drive with no
>>> trouble. After the message appears, any attempt to
open
>>> the shared drive fails and the user needs to reboot to
>>> correct the issue. Any help on this is greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3c3101c4a587$8247d450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> One more question. Like you suggested, I tried typing in
> the network path to create the shortcut and the server
> could not be found. I was able to ping the server
> successfully using both the IP Address and the Netbios
> name. Do you have any ideas why this machine can't find
> the server when I type in the path?

Too many variables. The error only says that it can't be found, but not why
it can't. Since you can ping by both name and IP then it is not a
"networking" issue, but something more permissions or "service" related.
Maybe there is a "personal firewall" running on it, maybe File/Print Sharing
is disabled or unbound from the Nic, maybe there are other failed services
on the server, maybe the "administrative shares" are missing and there are
no other shares created,...and on and on and on. The list could go on
forever without more to judge from.

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com