Mapping Drives With Group Policy Server 2008

[pollardhimself]

I'm trying to get the Group policy to map network drives. Ive installed the Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions that is required for Xp computers but I still have had no luck

 

[tomt4535]

Can you use login scripts rather than group policy?

 

[daishi5]

I'm trying to get the Group policy to map network drives. Ive installed the Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions that is required for Xp computers but I still have had no luck

Have you checked the target machines event logs?
Also, try checking the group policy management console and check the group policy results, and group policy modeling for the target machine and target user.

I have not been able to work with GP preferences yet, so I can only guess, but those two places might help you identify what is happening.

 

[pollardhimself]

Can you use login scripts rather than group policy?

Yeah I could but I don't want to Id rather use group policy and Have it add it once. So they can remove the map if the would like. Don't want it to reapply every time the login

 

[MedicBob]

I never had any luck at home with doing this with Server 2008 or Server 2008R2. Vista and Windows 7 worked great using GPOs, but XP and 2000 would not.

I ended up using a log in script as Tom suggested.

 

[pollardhimself]

Supposedly if you added the Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions It would work, but its not

 

[snikt]

We use login scripts, and we use GPOs to disseminate our login scripts. But I don't believe we're using Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions.

We add the login script to the GPO in the GPMC:

GPO > User Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts

Works great, no problems.

 

[pollardhimself]

If i Cant get it work I will just do that

 

[pollardhimself]

Id really like to get this working anyone had any luck with it?

Found ms article on it --- no help
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731892%28WS.10%29.aspx

 

[RebateMonger]

This is how drive maps are done via GPO in SBS 2008. I imagine it's the same way with standard Server 2008 R2. But I don't have any 2008 R2 Domain Controllers up at the moment to look at:

SBSUsers OU create and link a GPO & call Default Default SBSUsers Policy (don't use default GPO due to issues with future migrations).
Right click new GPO and Edit
Right click the GPO Header (name) and Properties. Place creation date in Comment Tab.
Under: User Config --> Preferences --> Windows Settings --> Drive Maps
New -->

 

[daishi5]

Id really like to get this working anyone had any luck with it?

Found ms article on it --- no help
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731892(WS.10).aspx

Have you checked the event logs of the target computers, and have you taken a look at the group policy management console?

 

[pollardhimself]

Just started working out of no where, I think it was a connection issue im using wireless on the test computer

 

[daishi5]

Just started working out of no where, I think it was a connection issue im using wireless on the test computer

Group policies can be like that. In the future, I would always recommend using the group policy management console to get a report from the machines about what is actually being applied. It can really help identify what is happening, and what you can do to fix it. And, don't forget to do a gpupdate and reboot on the target machine to test changes quickly.