Hi Kevin,
there are several things that will cause the red x on the mapped drives. Both software and
hardware related. In the hardware side, some swithes will put the port in like sleep mode if it is
not being used, network cards will go to sleep when not being used (wake on lan) and those
type settings, hard drives will power down when not being used. So there are many hardware
settings that could cause your issue.
On the software side are things like antivirus will cause the red x's. We see this one a lot. And
third party programs from Compaq and other manufactures can also cause this.
Basically is is a process of elimination. If they all worked at one time, look for changes in
hardware, swtich/router firmware upgrade,s antivirus upgrades and installs, etc. Sometimes it
can be just a configuration on the anitvirus that it monitors network traffic and can cause the
issue.
Here are a couple of aricles to get you started.
305355 Some Compaq Programs Cause Mapped Drives to Be Disconnected
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q305355
297684 Mapped Drive Connection to Network Share May Be Lost
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q297684
Hope this helps,
Gary
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