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Error accessing netword drives

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by andrewras

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I have had this eror pop up a couple of times now.
This is a newtwork running 2000 server and workstation.
When people try and access a network drive which is mapped via a log on script or manually they get an error message: "the network drive is already in use" and they are not allowed to access the share.
I dont know how to fix it or why does it happen

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by cg it

I think the problem might be one of just timing. Could be that it's happening during peak network traffic times or dury heavy loads and some people just click to fast or are to impatient to wait. They may have clicked the share and expected instantaneous results and when that didn't happen, clicked again [while the share was being opened]. Hense the error message "network drive already in use". [My mom does this all the time. Clicks on stuff and doesn't wait, then keeps clicking away until the computer freezes up].

by cg it

as an after thought, check the event viewer on the DC and see if there is any error messages popping up.

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