Logon Script No longer executes on startup

[Greg]

I map network drives for users when they logon with their
XP machines. The bat file is listed under user
properties, under the profile tab. When the user
initially logs on, no mappings exist. When the user logs
off then logs back in without rebooting the machine, the
mappings are there. Any ideas as to what is going on. TIA

 

[Ray at]

In my experiences, this is usually caused by the machine not finding a
domain controller when the person is logging on, and as such, the user is
being authenticated by cached credentials on the machine. A quick test of
this is to open a command prompt (cmd.exe) and enter:

echo %logonserver%

Is the logonserver a DC? Or is it equal to \\%computername. If the latter,
the computer did not find the DC. You'd have to look into reasons for that
then, like issues with DHCP, incorrect DNS entry, a slow-to-start NIC, or
something else.

Ray at home