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Network Drive Disconnect - Again

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by retro77

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Ok, got a weird one for you this time:

I have several mapped drives to several file servers. Every night [just started last week before I released WSUS patches to the workstations], only one of them disconnects. Not the little red X but just totally disappears. Its the same drive every night on several computers. Logging off and then back on again fixes the problem [runs login script in GPO and remaps the drive].

I already have the registry entries for the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\KeepAliveInterval 0x00001000 and KeepAliveTime 0x00300000

Also the net config server show this on both the server and the workstation:
Idle session time (min) -1

No errors or events in the event viewer on either side.

Any new ideas on this weird subject?

Environment-
Server: Windows 2003 SP2 [latest patches]
Workstations: Windows XP SP2 [latest patches]

edit: typo

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by ashij

Hi!
Network drive as simple as they seem are very sensitive. Try to check if the windows clock is synchronizing properly with the Time Server and that you are using the correct UNC names (try IP also). Also, check if there's a conflict with the drive name you are using

Ash

by retro77

Yes, the clocks seem to be synced. Also I have the correct UNC as the drive is mapped, then magically over night it is lost.

No conflicts in drive name.

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