Randomly disconnecting network drives

[sstasiak]

I've been having issues with mapped drives randomly disconnecting when users log on to certain machines. The strange thing is that on some of the drives it says disconnected, but upon double clicking it, it opens up the contents of the drive. Deleting the local profile of the user on that machine seems to temporarily fix the disconnect problem. These machines are running xp pro. If anymore info is needed(and probably will be), let me know. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[daappleby]

try this
open cmd
type net use driveletter: \\netpathtoshare\ persistent:yes
see if they still disconnect and post back

 

[daappleby]

oh you may have to use this command first if that drive is already mapped
net use diverletter: /delete

 

[sstasiak]

I'm typing v: /delete, but it doesn't delete the v drive, it puts me in the drive. I'm also trying to map other drives to test these commands out and they're not working. I'm entering v:\\mtdc0001\app_installs\ persistent:yes and it tells me that this is not a valid command. What am I doing wrong?

 

[daappleby]

you need the "net use" part

 

[sstasiak]

the delete worked, but when I do the other command it says "system error 67 has occured. The network name cannot be found"