Drives mapped via GPO Computer Config show as disconnected

[mamnmamn]

Hi,

I need to map a few drives on a small percentage of PCs. The drives are needed on certain PCs rather than for users.

I have a VB script that I have tested locally and it works as desired. I have created a new GPO and put the script in

"Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts > Startup"

I have linked the GPO to the OU where all PCs are located and then added security so it is only applied to PCs in a certain group.

This all seems to work and the drives are unmapped and then mapped. The issues is that they are shwon as "Disconnected". I can access the drives but this does not change the status to connected.

I found this thread and changed the settings on one of the servers involved and the workstation but it has not resolved the issue;

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1200671&page=1

The 2 servers involved are Win2003 Standard and the clients are XP SP3.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

I would set your GPO to "wait for network at computer startup and logon" Comp config/Admin templates/system/logon-

 

[mamnmamn]

Hi, Thanks for your reply.

After a bit of reading I discovered the loopback policy. So, I have moved the login script to the user part of the GPO. With loopback turned on the User part of the GPO is processed each time a user logs on I believe.

Its working now anyway. I have to apply it to Computers rather than users as some of the users are in a different sub-domain and I don't have permissions to apply permissions to them.

Thanks,