"Access to resource has been disallowed" error when opening UNC path to server

[Stuart]

Hi. I have inherited a network with Windows 2000 Advanced Servers and
Windows XP SP2 Clients. The Windows XP Clients load and connect to the
network with no errors and the basic logon script to map some network shares
also works as expected. Users can access the shares in My Computer,
Explorer etc as normal. But when the user tries to access a server via a
UNC path such as \\Server1 or \\Server2\folder\ in Windows Explorer, My
Computer, Internet Explorer etc they get the error :

Access to this resource has been disallowed.

The XP Clients are fresh installs and quite basic. There were some Group
Policy changes due to a replication issue which so far I'm thinking may be
causing the error.

Can anyone suggest what could be causing this ? I can't understand why the
Logon script mapping the drives works but users are unable to connect using
UNC paths when in windows.

Thanks for any help,
Stuart.

 

[Jorge_de_Almeida_Pinto]

Hi. I have inherited a network with Windows 2000 Advanced
Servers and
Windows XP SP2 Clients. The Windows XP Clients load and
connect to the
network with no errors and the basic logon script to map some
network shares
also works as expected. Users can access the shares in My
Computer,
Explorer etc as normal. But when the user tries to access a
server via a
UNC path such as \Server1 or \Server2folder in Windows
Explorer, My
Computer, Internet Explorer etc they get the error :

Access to this resource has been disallowed.

The XP Clients are fresh installs and quite basic. There were
some Group
Policy changes due to a replication issue which so far I'm
thinking may be
causing the error.

Can anyone suggest what could be causing this ? I can't
understand why the
Logon script mapping the drives works but users are unable to
connect using
UNC paths when in windows.

Thanks for any help,
Stuart.

see if the following helps:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=25421

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;250915

 

[Stuart]

Hi, thanks for your help. Do you know if it is possible to disable the run
menu while still allowing access to UNC shares etc via Explorer. I can see
the validity in not allowing it via Explorer if the Run menu has been
disabled but the option to do so would be helpful.

Thaks,
Stuart.