Create users homedrive from AD home folder. Homedrive remains C:.

[Guest]

I have 1 Win XP pc that when connecting to my network, does not set the users
home drive (folder) to the I: drive as setup in the AD home folder profile
option. The %homedrive% remains at C:. What do I need to do to get Win XP
to accept this setting from AD? This is the only pc I have this issue with.
Also, at this pc, I can map the I: drive to the users home folder without any
problems. Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I have 1 Win XP pc that when connecting to my network, does not set
the users home drive (folder) to the I: drive as setup in the AD home
folder profile option. The %homedrive% remains at C:. What do I
need to do to get Win XP to accept this setting from AD? This is the
only pc I have this issue with. Also, at this pc, I can map the I:
drive to the users home folder without any problems. Thanks.

Did you double-check the home drive settings in the ADUC properties for this
user?

x: \\server\homeshare\%username%

How many DCs do you have?

 

[Manny Borges]

I am a little confused.
Just so we know we are saying the same things:
%homedrive% specifies the drive letter that is connected to the user's home
directory. It is based off of the value of %homepath%.

So are you using the home folder item on the account tab in AD users and
computers to specify a a home folder of I: with a path of
\\servername\%username% ? Or something like that?

Or are trying to do a SET command in a script?

The computer is part of the domain?
The user is logging in with a domain account?
You have done a gpupdate?
How are you determining the value that the %homedrive% variable was set to?
What is the ultimate desired result?
Have you looked at the folder redirection group policies?
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Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.

 

[Guest]

Manny;

You are not confused. Your first statement is right on, about using AD to
set the home drive and path. All other pc's work fine. This 1 pc will not
map the users home drive. And when I check the %homedrive% on the pc (using
set at a command prompt) after login, it remains C: instead of I:.
Yes the computer s on the domain.
Yes the user is logging in to the domain.
We are not using GP's for this issue.
The ultimate result is to have the users home directory created from AD at
login, just like all the other pc's on the network.
Thanks.

 

[Manny Borges]

Is the I: drive mapped at all?

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.

 

[Guest]

NO, that is what does not work. The I: drive will not map from the AD user
profile option for setting the user's homedrive. The XP variable %homedrive%
remains at C: and overrides the AD setting.

 

[Guest]

Yes, to the ADUC.
Yes, to the homedrive path.
DC, about 10 around the world.
Note; this issue is ONLY with this pc. This users login scripts work just
fine on other pc's.

 

[Manny Borges]

Then I would try just doing a net use to map the path.

It is starting to sound like a name resolution or permisions issue.

If I was in your shoes I would have blown the machine away and reimaged it
after a few hours of troubleshooting. Sometimes the brute force method is
substantially quicker than the finess route.

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.