Can you Map a user profile to a Network Drive Letter?

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I am trying to find out information in regards to whether or not this can be done. I am currently running an Windows 2000 active directory will all windows xp pro sp1 clients. I have been asked to Map User profiles to a network drive. Ex. z:\profile. The problem is that I have created a VBS script to run in the computer script section of Group Policy for the Organizational Unit where the machine resides when the machine boots up. (MapNetworkDrive "z:", "\\server\users)

The purpose of this is to map specified manditory profiles to workstations and not the Users. When Implemented, a user logs in and a message window appears stating that it is unable to find the roaming profile. When a non-profiled account logs onto the system and opens "My Computer" the mapped dirve Z:\profile is there. When you double click on the drive it takes you to the share.

I question is: Is it possible to map user profiles to a network drive that is mapped when the workstation authenticates to the AD network? I don't want to make the user profile to a UNC Path name Ex. \\server\users\%username% but instead to Z:\%username%

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Arizona Bill,

Does not work that way. In the profile tab you designate the drive letter
( typically H:\ or U:\ ) and then give the UNC ( typically
\\server\users\%username% ). And please note that you are not mapping a
user profile to the network drive letter - you are simply creating the users
'home' folder by this process.

If you wanted to make use of roaming profiles or mandatory profiles - as you
stated - then you would have a similar setup. And, unless I have overlooked
something, you are not mapping a user's profile to a workstation ( aka
computer account object ) but to that specific user ( aka user account
object ). I am not sure that I follow what you mean by "The purpose of this
is to map specified mandatory profiles to workstations and not the Users".

Cary

I am trying to find out information in regards to whether or not this can

be done. I am currently running an Windows 2000 active directory will all
windows xp pro sp1 clients. I have been asked to Map User profiles to a
network drive. Ex. z:\profile. The problem is that I have created a VBS
script to run in the computer script section of Group Policy for the
Organizational Unit where the machine resides when the machine boots up.
(MapNetworkDrive "z:", "\\server\users)

The purpose of this is to map specified manditory profiles to workstations

and not the Users. When Implemented, a user logs in and a message window
appears stating that it is unable to find the roaming profile. When a
non-profiled account logs onto the system and opens "My Computer" the mapped
dirve Z:\profile is there. When you double click on the drive it takes you
to the share.

I question is: Is it possible to map user profiles to a network drive

that is mapped when the workstation authenticates to the AD network? I
don't want to make the user profile to a UNC Path name Ex.
\\server\users\%username% but instead to Z:\%username%