Network drive problems

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I am experiencing the same problem : I boot up, log into Windows XP
Pro, fire up Windows Explorer and it says my mapped drive is
"disconnected". I can double-click on the drive and see everything
there, but in Windows Explorer, it continues to say "Disconnected
Network Drive".

This started happening AFTER visiting Windows Update. And I suspect it
is one of Microsoft lovely patches that is causing this. I have been
s-l-o-w-l-y rolling out critical updates through Windows Update over
the past couple of months. As I patch systems in this way, I notice
this problem more and more. Systems that haven't been patched don't
have this problem, but the systems that HAVE been patched are
consistently showing this problem.

I believe it is one of these that is causing the problem:
KB901214
KB890830
KB903235
KB898461
KB893066
KB883939
KB896428
KB896422
KB890046
KB896358

Before these were installed (all on a single day earlier this month), I
wasn't getting the "Disconnected Network Drive" message.

Wondering if others out there are having a similar experience.

Cheers,
Jeff

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Hi Jeff,

It is most likely an update as you suspected. I have two XP boxes that
began having the same drive issue a couple of weeks ago. Oddly though, most
of our XP boxes have been spared the problem.

Does anyone out there know the location of the registry string that tells
Windows of the mapped drive? Maybe if we can just delete the string the
bugged drives will no longer be an issue.

Thanks,

Grant




<derhodes@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1121705953.074986.12400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I am experiencing the same problem : I boot up, log into Windows XP
> Pro, fire up Windows Explorer and it says my mapped drive is
> "disconnected". I can double-click on the drive and see everything
> there, but in Windows Explorer, it continues to say "Disconnected
> Network Drive".
>
> This started happening AFTER visiting Windows Update. And I suspect it
> is one of Microsoft lovely patches that is causing this. I have been
> s-l-o-w-l-y rolling out critical updates through Windows Update over
> the past couple of months. As I patch systems in this way, I notice
> this problem more and more. Systems that haven't been patched don't
> have this problem, but the systems that HAVE been patched are
> consistently showing this problem.
>
> I believe it is one of these that is causing the problem:
> KB901214
> KB890830
> KB903235
> KB898461
> KB893066
> KB883939
> KB896428
> KB896422
> KB890046
> KB896358
>
> Before these were installed (all on a single day earlier this month), I
> wasn't getting the "Disconnected Network Drive" message.
>
> Wondering if others out there are having a similar experience.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Did anybody find a solution or the actual cause to this? I recently
installed the updates and now I can't view my localhost or open it from
my Microsoft VB.net. They are there, but not viewable anymore.

Regards,

Kurt