Could not reconnect all network drives

[Jack]

I am using Windows XP Pro (with all SPs and updates) on a laptop, which in
the office logs into a domain. Whenever I login away from the office I,
nearly always, but not always, get the message "Could not reconnect all
network drives". The message is obvious, stupid and goes away on its own, so
it's no big deal. Searching on Microsoft.com suggests that this is a problem
with Windows XP Home, but not with Pro. I haven't been able to find any
correlation on getting this message when I'm not connected to the domain. I
initially thought I was getting it when I was connected to a network, but
that doesn't seem to be the case.
Does anyone understand why I get this and if there is any way of getting rid
of it?

 

[Malke]

I am using Windows XP Pro (with all SPs and updates) on a laptop, which in
the office logs into a domain. Whenever I login away from the office I,
nearly always, but not always, get the message "Could not reconnect all
network drives". The message is obvious, stupid and goes away on its own,
so it's no big deal. Searching on Microsoft.com suggests that this is a
problem with Windows XP Home, but not with Pro. I haven't been able to
find any correlation on getting this message when I'm not connected to the
domain. I initially thought I was getting it when I was connected to a
network, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Does anyone understand why I get this and if there is any way of getting
rid of it?

You are getting the message because the machine is set to look for network
resources at login and those network resources are on the domain network
and inaccessible when you are outside the office. You probably have some
mapped drives. You are able to log into the machine using cached
credentials, but of course the office network shares aren't available away
from the office.

Because your office IT Dept. set up your machine the way it needs to be to
function on the domain, you can either go to them and ask them to change
the "reconnect to mapped drives" setting or live with it.

This is not a "problem" with Windows - it is the way the machine has been
set up to work on your domain. Perhaps one of the applications you use at
works requires a mapped drive, for ex.

Malke