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by pchw 1 view

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When logging on, user gets a network logon screen, asking for id and password to log on to \C$. Help Desk tried connecting to that drive, then disconnecting and have user log out (user has roaming profile). User waited designated amount of time for profile uploading/replicating, and logged back in but still has same problem. User doesn't even have admin rights so should never have been able to map to an admin share in the first place. User also has profile on PC that her system is asking for a password to map to. Have seen this on more than one roaming profile. Using NT4.0 sp6a.

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by jimbb

Some shortcuts to a local app, (C:\Program Files\Somewhere\app.exe) end up in your roaming profile with the reference to the machine where you made that shortcut, so C:\ is replaced by \\machine\c$\. Find the app and change the shortcut, and your required logon will be gone.
There is some registry key that avoids this, but I'm afraid I lost track of it...:-
Jim

by shanghai sam

Thank you. That worked great. I found that this happened as a result of the fact that the machine she got the shortcut from existed in the All Users menu, but the second machine didn't have that shortcut (this is by design), and I think this is what caused the issue. My concern is that this might happen again to the next machine she logs into without the shortcut in the startup menu. I think it will refer back to the machine with the shortcut I just fixed. I assume that the registry fix prevents this, but I would think it would have to be applied to each machine she logs into, unless the setting from the registry gets carried over with her profile.

by nsa13

Answer #1 pretty much hits it on the mark. For example, if it was a standard build or ghost machine and some software was mapped to another location that could've done it. Or, a network install of a program.

Even a standard user can map a hidden share drive. The question is, will they be given access. =) When NT recieves the request for that share it begins its challange/response looking for the user to give proper credentials. Thats why the user is confronted with a logon box for thatshare. Because, his current access privledges aren't sufficient so NT's requesting that he provide new credentials.

Look in the users profile, his logon script, his START directory, his AT scheduler, a rogue batch or .ini file...just plain anything that is trying to initiate the connection.

If your seeing this on multiple roaming profiles I'd say that theres a problem in your build process, imho. Try to determine the simularities and differences between those persons and you'll isolate the fault.

GL

by nichomach

The key you're after is:
HKCU\Software\MS\Win\CurrentVersion\Policies\s\Explorer

Insert the following value:

DWORD
LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo=1

Hope this helps, I found it a royal pain in the fundament as well...

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