Re: Disconnected Network Drives

I am not sure if this is the solution for all of these cases, but in my case,
Symantec client 10.0."something" caused this issue. Once I upgraded to
10.0.1."something" the problem went away.

Not exactly sure on the version numbers, but get the newest version...

"gcobb" wrote:

> I went from Novell to 2003 server and since I still have a few 98 systems
> running I wasn't able to do a .vbs script. So in the container I put a batch
> file using the net use command. On the 98 systems it shows the network
> drives as being connected. On the 2000 and XP systems it shows them as being
> disconnected but they're accessible. I've searched the group here and have
> seen multitudes of people with the same problem, however I've only seen a few
> guesses as answers. I've looked in the host file, checked the registry for
> entries and some other things. Spyware isn't an option, or would a virus be.
> I can't unmap these drives either and I've got too many users to want to go
> to each system do tinker with them.
>
> I will add this though, I looked up some info and wrote a .vbs script file
> that had different drive letters then the 3 I use normally. They mapped when
> I ran it from my desktop and don't show disconnected whereas the net use
> command in a batch file does. I could use a login script for each user and
> remedy this if I could get these drives disconnected.
>
> Here's the .vbs script I used:
>
> Dim objNet, strUserName
>
> Set objNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
>
>
> strUserName =objNet.UserName
>
> objNet.MapNetworkDrive "U:", "\\Picasso\Users\" & strUserName
> objNet.MapNetworkDrive "R:", "\\Picasso\Public"
> objNet.MapNetworkDrive "K:", "\\Picasso\SHARED"
> WSCript.Quit
>
> So if anyone knows how to get the disconnected drives removed, that would be
> a big help and probably more than I've seen this error recieve in here.
>
> Thanks,
> gcobb
>
> "SFU Newbie" wrote:
>
> > [This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web and
> > a copy was sent to the cited author.]
> >
> > In article <D9A1B8BD-DBD7-4395-9545-E0688079AC6B@microsoft.com>,
> > PJ@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> > > We have several Windows XP machines that are acting very strange. Every
> > > available drive letter is showing "Disconnected Network Drive." You cannot
> > > disconnect these using the net use command. You also cannot map any new
> > > drives because there are no available drive letters because all letters (E-Z)
> > > are showing up as disconnected. I don't know what is causing this or how to
> > > fix it. Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> >
> > Here is the fix I used
> >
> > 1. Using regedit, delete entire key in the registry on XP machine
> >
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explore
> > \MountPoints2
> >
> > 2. Reboot
> >
> > Then remaps of drive can occur without issue.
> >
> > Still NOT sure what caused it.
> >
> > rick
> >