windows 7 login script

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I use this logon script in the user profile to map network drives. It works great for XP even Vista, Windows 7 not so much. If I run this manually at login it works fine. does anyone know what im doing wrong....:confused:

Option Explicit
Dim objNetwork, strRemotePath1, strRemotePath2, strRemotePath3
Dim strDriveLetter1, strDriveLetter2, strDriveLetter3

strDriveLetter1 = "G:"
strDriveLetter2 = "R:"
strDriveLetter3 = "T:"
strRemotePath1 = "\\stormwind\group"
strRemotePath2 = "\\stormwind\ITD"
strRemotePath3 = "\\stormwind\JDLInfo"

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

' Section which maps drives, G: and R:, and T:
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter1, strRemotePath1
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter2, strRemotePath2
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter3, strRemotePath3

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Posted 29-Dec-09 7:24am

JDL_tech

Updated 29-Dec-09 7:25am

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Chris Leeming · Answer 1 · 2009-12-29T23:33:00

This sounds like a UAC issue. Logon scripts run as administrator (using an administrative access token). After login, un-elevated actions run with a standard access token, so cannot see the mapped drives.

There are three potential solutions:

1) Disable UAC (really NOT recommended).

2) Microsoft lists a workaround at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/937624 that addresses this issue. This workaround does pose a security risk, but nowhere near as bad as disabling UAC.

3) The drives could be mapped using Group Policy Preferences instead of a login script.