Win 2003 mapped drive issue.

[Lamar Thomas]

Hey everyone,

We are running a Windows NT 4.0 domain with a NT 4.0 PDC and BDC. I just
installed our first Windows 2003 file server last week. Here is the
problem:

After mapping a drive to a share on the new server from a Windows 2k
workstation I can access the share just fine (MOST of the time). The other
times I get the following error:

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An error occurred while reconnection G: to \\servername\sharename
Microsoft Windows Network: The local device name is already in use.
This connection has not been restored.

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Anyone have any ideas? I can't roll out 2003 until this is fixed. Thanks
for any and all help.


Lamar

 

[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

Just means that some other device or mapped drive is using the given letter
(in this case, G). Check to see if this is the case.

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[Lamar Thomas]

I also tried S: as well and got the same error. Remember, this is a NEW
server install. This was the first time I mapped ANY drives to this server.


Lamar

 

[Jaysen Buffington[MSFT]]

Lamar,

This interfence may be caused by anti-virus software. I would try
disabling this or booting into safe mode w/ networking to see if the
problem persists.
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Jaysen Buffington MCSE
Support Professional
Microsoft Setup Support

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