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Mapped network drive not syncing

One computer in the network doesn't seem to sync a network mapped drive. It's part of a domain where computers seem to sync. Not sure how to change it. (users can't see sync folder option) Help !
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Windows 7 mapped drive - red X (one user out of 4)

This is for a client of mine. Small Windows 2008 domain. Four workstations, all Windows 7 Pro, all the same service pack and windows updates. Same AV software, no GPOs, all computers are pretty identical. All computers on a gigabit network as…
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How do I add new users so the drives are mapped upon login?

In an existing Windows Server 2008 domain the users added by professional IT administrators automatically mapped drives when they logged onto any office machine. The new users I've added, however, don't appear to be mapping drives as expected. My…
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Sharepoint Drive Mapping, The network name cannot be found

Over the weekend the UPS that controls our core switch decided to die, after sorting everything out Monday morning I have been left with a problem I just can't get to the bottom of. We can no longer map our Sharepoint to a network drive or "open in…
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net use command - system error 5 while mapping a network drive

I got a system error 5 while mapping a network drive of a server to my local machine using the net use command. This error doesn't occur when I use Administrator account of the server. When I use my user account the net use command gives system…
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Group policy drive mapping extension not applying to Vista SP2 machine

I have one GPO (called Desktop_User) that applies to a Windows 7 and a Windows Vista machine. When I log on to this systems, the drive mapping works on the Windows 7 machine but the Windows Vista machine (using the same AD account). I just can't…
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Win Server GPO Mapped Drive Missing "Connect As" functionality

We're having an issue trying to create a policy for mapping drives. We're unable to specify a "connect as" username and password.
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GPO to map drives conditionally

We have a file server that is sharing out user drives from //server/user$. We also have webDav enabled so it can be access externally by https://fileserver.company.com/user. My challenge is to map all workstations to the webDav share, while all…
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How do I allow pass through access to a new shared drive on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box?

I am trying to allow access to a shared drive on our server (running windows server 2008 R2) so that users (running windows 7) can access the files on it. However, whenever they try to connect, it prompts them for a password and says that "Access is…
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script to list user's mapped drive not giving results or error

We are in the process of migrating two file servers to a new server. We have mapped drives via user group in group policy. Many users have manually mapped drives and we need to find these mappings. I have created a PowerShell script to run that…
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Windows mounted network drives slow after upgrading switch

On our small business network our old 10/100 consumer grade switch gave up the ghost, and we replaced it with a proper business-grade gigabyte switch. After wiring it in our Linux and Mac users immediately got back to working off of network…
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How can I map a VMS directory on a Windows 2003 Server?

Is this even possible without compromising the server's security?
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Is it possible to enumerate Windows users remotely?

I have a couple of shared folders which are accesible by an account which has no password (long story). But the username is very long and difficult. Is this (relatively) safe and secure, or is it possible for remote machines in the LAN to query the…
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Suddenly all drive letters mapped and shown as disconnected

We're currently facing an issue where at some point between 12am & 5am every night all drive letters that weren't in use become mapped* and show up as disconnected on a Server 2008 R2 Terminal server. We're unable to remove these mapped drives via…
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Azure website virtual drive and scaling

My current understanding of Azure for websites is that it is using a virtual drive which allows a website to save files to the file system in the same way a classic server setup would do. The question is however if this virtual drive is mirrored…
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