Windows 2003 services don't have access to mapped drives

I am working on a W2K3 server and I have an older application that
requires a network drive mapping. I have created a Domain Admin
account and set the service to run as this account. The application,
then tries to access the "L:\" drive but is unable to access it. The
funny thing is that if I use the UNC path, it works just fine.

Unfortunately, I can not use the UNC path without recoding this
application which I really dont want to do.

Also, if I run the application using the LocalService Account logged
into the server as the Domain Admin account, and start the application
(by Start->Run->Programs, etc...) the application can see the L:\
drive and the UNC. Obviously, I cant run this application like this
(what happens if the user account logs off the server?)


I should also mention, all of these options worked in 2000 but not
2003.

Where can I adjust the security to allow a domain account to access a
mapped drive as a service?

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