Re: SP2 'NET USE /HOME' bug ??

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:48:35 -0700

Hi Greg:

I did try that approach on another PC. Didn't work. This
definitely seems to be a problem with SP2, TrendMicro
OfficeScan and the NET USE /HOME command being executed by
a non-privileged account.

The "solution" for me was to avoid using NET USE /HOME
altogether.

Brian Steele

>-----Original Message-----
>On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:02:33 -0700, "Brian Steele"
><brian@caribsurf.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi Everyone:
>>
>>After installing SP2 on a few PCs in the office, we
>>discovered that several of them would suddenly crash and
>>reboot after certain users logged in. This did not
happen
>>when the PCs were at SP1, and the problem appeared to be
>>happening only with users that did not have
administrative
>>level access on their PCs.
>
>After you install xp sp2 and you reboot it.
>You have to enter an administrative account after you
reboot with xp
>sp2.
>
>Set your polices their. Then reboot and then try limited
user. I
>could be wrong. I thought you might try this.
>
>
>Greg R
>
>
>
>>Each account in our AD is configured to run a script
after
>>logging on. I traced the problem down to the PCs in
>>question executing the following command in the logon
>>script:
>>
>> NET USE (driveletter): /HOME /N
>>
>>
>>If that command is executed from the command prompt, the
>>PC bugchecks and reboots. This problem does not happen
>>however if the logged account has administrative
>>privileges.
>>
>>I've re-written our logon script to get around this
>>problem, but apparently MS no longer provides an easy
way
>>of reporting bugs (it used to be as simple as sending an
>>email to security@microsoft.com - now they want you to
>>jump through hoops on the website), so I'm reporting it
>>via this newsgroup instead :-).
>>
>>
>>Brian Steele
>
>Brian,
>
>Here are something's you could try. None of this may
work.
>
>Since you computer are possible networked together
>Try this (sorry about the caps-pasted from cmd prompt
window)
>
>NET USE
>[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume]
[password | *]]
> [/USER:[domainname\]username]
> [/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
> [/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
> [/SMARTCARD]
> [/SAVECRED]
> [[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]
>
>NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME
>
>NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]
>
>I would try Net use /Persistent:Yes
>Before I installed xp sp2 on other computers
>
>This is also a possibility.
>
>After you install xp sp2 and you reboot it.
>You have to enter an administrative account after you
reboot with xp
>sp2. Set your polices their. Then reboot and then try
limited user.
>
>Greg R
>
>.
>

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