Could not connect to all mapped drives

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I have just upgrade my workstation from windows 98 to windows xp pro.now
every time that i start up my pc in the morning it has message of the desktop
(balloon) could not connect to all the mapped drives. i tried disconnecting
all the drives and mapping the drives again making sure that the reconnect at
log on is checked. but when I restart my pc.The message pops up again. I
checked the mapped drives in explorer and they have a red x on them. I am on
a nt domain.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

quoted from http://www.howtonetworking.com/mapping.htm
The local device name is already in use

Cause: the drive has a persistent mapping or reconnect when logon.

Why some mapped network drives show a red x

SYMPTOMS: You find that the network drive mapping may be disconnected after
15 minutes of inactivity and Windows Explorer may display a red "X" on the
icon of the mapped drive. However, if you double-click it reconnects
quickly.

RESOLUTION: by default, idle connections will be dropped after 15 minutes.
To modify idle time, at a command prompt using net config server
/autodisconnect: minutes. For example, to set the Autodisconnect value to
30 minutes, you would run the following command line: net config server
/autodisconnect:30. If you would like to turn Autodisconnect off, do net
config server /autodisconnect:-1


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