u/Accidental-IT-2162

Automounted network drive will not stay disconnected

We have an ancient Windows Server 2008 R2 that's used as a DC and file server. Using GPME, it is correctly auto-mounting the shared folder as S: when someone logs onto a client. But a second file share, W:, is also being auto-mounted that is not needed, and I cannot figure out where it is coming from. The share being mounted is one that users should not be accessing. This is happening on all our Windows client computers.

In MCSE > User Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Drive Maps is used to mount the S: drive. There is no entry for the offending W: drive.

There are no startup scripts that I can find.

I can override the share mounted as the W: drive to a safe location by adding a second entry to GPME Drive Maps with an action of Replace. But when I remove this second entry, on the client, the offending W: drive returns.

Help! I should mention that we're a church, and I'm the volunteer IT department, and I know just enough about Windows Server to be dangerous. I know that we need to replace this ancient server, but that requires $$ that we don't have.

Brian
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u/Accidental-IT-2162 — 5 days ago