Problems with Default User in netlogon

Hi All

I hope someone can help me with this problem. We have a Windows 2003
Enterprise server with a mix of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP Pro
machines and a Windows 2003 R2 terminal server.

About a 18 months ago I created a Default User based on a Windows 2000 Pro
machines and put it in the netlogon share of the domain controller, this
seem to work fine. However I deleted it a few weeks ago because of some
network changes, but even though I have done this it still seems to take
effect, for instants, when a new users logs on My Computer contains links
to mapped drives that still exist but are mapped differently in the login
script and even occures when the users doesn't even have a login script.

I have tried to remove the mapped drives on a per user basis but they just
keep coming back at next login/reboot, I have tried deleting the profile
but it makes no difference.

Also in the Default User I had setup Outlook 2003 to auto run at login and
configure itself using a prf file stored in the netlogon share. After
deleting the Default User, this still happens even when the user has no
login script assigned and it's a brand new PC which hasn't been configured
to autorun Outlook on first login. We have some general accounts without
mailboxes which causes an error eveytime they logon. I have renamed the
prf and now instead of trying to apply it it just loads Outlook at login,
so it still seems to be trying to load the Default User profile from the
server

Both of the above affect any user (new or old) that logs on to the domain
using a brand new imaged PC or an existing pc. Local users aren't affected.

I have also noticed that when a user logs on to a Windows XP Pro or the
Windows 2003 terminal server, the windows sounds they hear are from Windows
2000.

It seems that all the PCs are finding a Default User profile on the server
and still applying it despite the fact that it no longer exists anywhere on
the server, I've even done a search for it with no results.

I have even created a new blank Default User profile, and gave the Everyone
group permission to access it but it doesn't take affect.

Dispite a lot of googling I can't seem to find any info on the correct way
to remove it, if there is one. I'm tearing my hair out over this one, it's
causing a few issues now and I'm deperate to get rid of it. Am I missing
something simple here?

Darren

"Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A31EC822973Asomeonecom@207.46.248.16...
> Hi All
>
> I hope someone can help me with this problem. We have a Windows 2003
> Enterprise server with a mix of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP Pro
> machines and a Windows 2003 R2 terminal server.
>
> About a 18 months ago I created a Default User based on a Windows 2000 Pro
> machines and put it in the netlogon share of the domain controller, this
> seem to work fine. However I deleted it a few weeks ago because of some
> network changes, but even though I have done this it still seems to take
> effect, for instants, when a new users logs on My Computer contains links
> to mapped drives that still exist but are mapped differently in the login
> script and even occures when the users doesn't even have a login script.
>
> I have tried to remove the mapped drives on a per user basis but they just
> keep coming back at next login/reboot, I have tried deleting the profile
> but it makes no difference.
>
> Also in the Default User I had setup Outlook 2003 to auto run at login and
> configure itself using a prf file stored in the netlogon share. After
> deleting the Default User, this still happens even when the user has no
> login script assigned and it's a brand new PC which hasn't been configured
> to autorun Outlook on first login. We have some general accounts without
> mailboxes which causes an error eveytime they logon. I have renamed the
> prf and now instead of trying to apply it it just loads Outlook at login,
> so it still seems to be trying to load the Default User profile from the
> server
>
> Both of the above affect any user (new or old) that logs on to the domain
> using a brand new imaged PC or an existing pc. Local users aren't
> affected.
>
> I have also noticed that when a user logs on to a Windows XP Pro or the
> Windows 2003 terminal server, the windows sounds they hear are from
> Windows
> 2000.
>
> It seems that all the PCs are finding a Default User profile on the server
> and still applying it despite the fact that it no longer exists anywhere
> on
> the server, I've even done a search for it with no results.
>
> I have even created a new blank Default User profile, and gave the
> Everyone
> group permission to access it but it doesn't take affect.
>
> Dispite a lot of googling I can't seem to find any info on the correct way
> to remove it, if there is one. I'm tearing my hair out over this one,
> it's
> causing a few issues now and I'm deperate to get rid of it. Am I missing
> something simple here?
>
> Darren

I think you've deleted the wrong "Default User" profile folder. If you
delete the real thing then Windows will complain bitterly when a new
user logs on for the first time.

"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
news:efJKKXHYIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

>
> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A31EC822973Asomeonecom@207.46.248.16...
>> Hi All
>>
>> I hope someone can help me with this problem. We have a Windows 2003
>> Enterprise server with a mix of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP Pro
>> machines and a Windows 2003 R2 terminal server.
>>
>> About a 18 months ago I created a Default User based on a Windows
>> 2000 Pro machines and put it in the netlogon share of the domain
>> controller, this seem to work fine. However I deleted it a few weeks
>> ago because of some network changes, but even though I have done this
>> it still seems to take effect, for instants, when a new users logs on
>> My Computer contains links to mapped drives that still exist but are
>> mapped differently in the login script and even occures when the
>> users doesn't even have a login script.
>>
>> I have tried to remove the mapped drives on a per user basis but they
>> just keep coming back at next login/reboot, I have tried deleting the
>> profile but it makes no difference.
>>
>> Also in the Default User I had setup Outlook 2003 to auto run at
>> login and configure itself using a prf file stored in the netlogon
>> share. After deleting the Default User, this still happens even when
>> the user has no login script assigned and it's a brand new PC which
>> hasn't been configured to autorun Outlook on first login. We have
>> some general accounts without mailboxes which causes an error
>> eveytime they logon. I have renamed the prf and now instead of
>> trying to apply it it just loads Outlook at login, so it still seems
>> to be trying to load the Default User profile from the server
>>
>> Both of the above affect any user (new or old) that logs on to the
>> domain using a brand new imaged PC or an existing pc. Local users
>> aren't affected.
>>
>> I have also noticed that when a user logs on to a Windows XP Pro or
>> the Windows 2003 terminal server, the windows sounds they hear are
>> from Windows
>> 2000.
>>
>> It seems that all the PCs are finding a Default User profile on the
>> server and still applying it despite the fact that it no longer
>> exists anywhere on
>> the server, I've even done a search for it with no results.
>>
>> I have even created a new blank Default User profile, and gave the
>> Everyone
>> group permission to access it but it doesn't take affect.
>>
>> Dispite a lot of googling I can't seem to find any info on the
>> correct way to remove it, if there is one. I'm tearing my hair out
>> over this one, it's
>> causing a few issues now and I'm deperate to get rid of it. Am I
>> missing something simple here?
>>
>> Darren
>
> I think you've deleted the wrong "Default User" profile folder. If you
> delete the real thing then Windows will complain bitterly when a new
> user logs on for the first time.
>


I'm not quite sure which one you mean, how many Default User profile are
there?, I count 3, one on each workstation in Docs and Settings, 1 on
the server in Docs and Setting and the one I deleted that was located in
\\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\. This is the one that was created when I
clicked Copy To and entered \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\Default User
and gave the everyone group access to download it.

Darren

"Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A31F3A276679someonecom@207.46.248.16...
> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
> news:efJKKXHYIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>
>>
>> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A31EC822973Asomeonecom@207.46.248.16...
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> I hope someone can help me with this problem. We have a Windows 2003
>>> Enterprise server with a mix of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP Pro
>>> machines and a Windows 2003 R2 terminal server.
>>>
>>> About a 18 months ago I created a Default User based on a Windows
>>> 2000 Pro machines and put it in the netlogon share of the domain
>>> controller, this seem to work fine. However I deleted it a few weeks
>>> ago because of some network changes, but even though I have done this
>>> it still seems to take effect, for instants, when a new users logs on
>>> My Computer contains links to mapped drives that still exist but are
>>> mapped differently in the login script and even occures when the
>>> users doesn't even have a login script.
>>>
>>> I have tried to remove the mapped drives on a per user basis but they
>>> just keep coming back at next login/reboot, I have tried deleting the
>>> profile but it makes no difference.
>>>
>>> Also in the Default User I had setup Outlook 2003 to auto run at
>>> login and configure itself using a prf file stored in the netlogon
>>> share. After deleting the Default User, this still happens even when
>>> the user has no login script assigned and it's a brand new PC which
>>> hasn't been configured to autorun Outlook on first login. We have
>>> some general accounts without mailboxes which causes an error
>>> eveytime they logon. I have renamed the prf and now instead of
>>> trying to apply it it just loads Outlook at login, so it still seems
>>> to be trying to load the Default User profile from the server
>>>
>>> Both of the above affect any user (new or old) that logs on to the
>>> domain using a brand new imaged PC or an existing pc. Local users
>>> aren't affected.
>>>
>>> I have also noticed that when a user logs on to a Windows XP Pro or
>>> the Windows 2003 terminal server, the windows sounds they hear are
>>> from Windows
>>> 2000.
>>>
>>> It seems that all the PCs are finding a Default User profile on the
>>> server and still applying it despite the fact that it no longer
>>> exists anywhere on
>>> the server, I've even done a search for it with no results.
>>>
>>> I have even created a new blank Default User profile, and gave the
>>> Everyone
>>> group permission to access it but it doesn't take affect.
>>>
>>> Dispite a lot of googling I can't seem to find any info on the
>>> correct way to remove it, if there is one. I'm tearing my hair out
>>> over this one, it's
>>> causing a few issues now and I'm deperate to get rid of it. Am I
>>> missing something simple here?
>>>
>>> Darren
>>
>> I think you've deleted the wrong "Default User" profile folder. If you
>> delete the real thing then Windows will complain bitterly when a new
>> user logs on for the first time.
>>
>
>
> I'm not quite sure which one you mean, how many Default User profile are
> there?, I count 3, one on each workstation in Docs and Settings, 1 on
> the server in Docs and Setting and the one I deleted that was located in
> \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\. This is the one that was created when I
> clicked Copy To and entered \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\Default User
> and gave the everyone group access to download it.
>
> Darren

The "Default User" profile folder is a hidden folder that resides on the
user's workstation.

"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
news:OTdyObLYIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>
> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A31F3A276679someonecom@207.46.248.16...
>> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
>> news:efJKKXHYIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>>
>>>
>>> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9A31EC822973Asomeonecom@207.46.248.16...
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> I hope someone can help me with this problem. We have a Windows
>>>> 2003 Enterprise server with a mix of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows
>>>> XP Pro machines and a Windows 2003 R2 terminal server.
>>>>
>>>> About a 18 months ago I created a Default User based on a Windows
>>>> 2000 Pro machines and put it in the netlogon share of the domain
>>>> controller, this seem to work fine. However I deleted it a few
>>>> weeks ago because of some network changes, but even though I have
>>>> done this it still seems to take effect, for instants, when a new
>>>> users logs on My Computer contains links to mapped drives that
>>>> still exist but are mapped differently in the login script and even
>>>> occures when the users doesn't even have a login script.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried to remove the mapped drives on a per user basis but
>>>> they just keep coming back at next login/reboot, I have tried
>>>> deleting the profile but it makes no difference.
>>>>
>>>> Also in the Default User I had setup Outlook 2003 to auto run at
>>>> login and configure itself using a prf file stored in the netlogon
>>>> share. After deleting the Default User, this still happens even
>>>> when the user has no login script assigned and it's a brand new PC
>>>> which hasn't been configured to autorun Outlook on first login. We
>>>> have some general accounts without mailboxes which causes an error
>>>> eveytime they logon. I have renamed the prf and now instead of
>>>> trying to apply it it just loads Outlook at login, so it still
>>>> seems to be trying to load the Default User profile from the server
>>>>
>>>> Both of the above affect any user (new or old) that logs on to the
>>>> domain using a brand new imaged PC or an existing pc. Local users
>>>> aren't affected.
>>>>
>>>> I have also noticed that when a user logs on to a Windows XP Pro or
>>>> the Windows 2003 terminal server, the windows sounds they hear are
>>>> from Windows
>>>> 2000.
>>>>
>>>> It seems that all the PCs are finding a Default User profile on the
>>>> server and still applying it despite the fact that it no longer
>>>> exists anywhere on
>>>> the server, I've even done a search for it with no results.
>>>>
>>>> I have even created a new blank Default User profile, and gave the
>>>> Everyone
>>>> group permission to access it but it doesn't take affect.
>>>>
>>>> Dispite a lot of googling I can't seem to find any info on the
>>>> correct way to remove it, if there is one. I'm tearing my hair out
>>>> over this one, it's
>>>> causing a few issues now and I'm deperate to get rid of it. Am I
>>>> missing something simple here?
>>>>
>>>> Darren
>>>
>>> I think you've deleted the wrong "Default User" profile folder. If
>>> you delete the real thing then Windows will complain bitterly when a
>>> new user logs on for the first time.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not quite sure which one you mean, how many Default User profile
>> are there?, I count 3, one on each workstation in Docs and Settings,
>> 1 on the server in Docs and Setting and the one I deleted that was
>> located in \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\. This is the one that was
>> created when I clicked Copy To and entered
>> \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\Default User and gave the everyone
>> group access to download it.
>>
>> Darren
>
> The "Default User" profile folder is a hidden folder that resides on
> the user's workstation.
>
>
>

As I said above I know that there is a default user profile in
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User which is hidden on every
workstation and on every server, I have not touched any of these at all.

What I did is create a new user and setup their profile how I want all
new profiles to be configured then under Administrator I followed this
link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168475 to copy it to the netlogon
share on the server, however I deleted it recently but even new PCs are
still using it to create new user logins.

Surely it cannot copy something that does not exist anymore, even if the
old workstations cached a copy the new workstations cannot possibly find
it as it was deleted before they were even built.

Darren

Darren <some@one.com> wrote in
news:Xns9A328DC4DD27Dsomeonecom@207.46.248.16:

> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
> news:OTdyObLYIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>
>>
>> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A31F3A276679someonecom@207.46.248.16...
>>> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
>>> news:efJKKXHYIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns9A31EC822973Asomeonecom@207.46.248.16...
>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope someone can help me with this problem. We have a Windows
>>>>> 2003 Enterprise server with a mix of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows
>>>>> XP Pro machines and a Windows 2003 R2 terminal server.
>>>>>
>>>>> About a 18 months ago I created a Default User based on a Windows
>>>>> 2000 Pro machines and put it in the netlogon share of the domain
>>>>> controller, this seem to work fine. However I deleted it a few
>>>>> weeks ago because of some network changes, but even though I have
>>>>> done this it still seems to take effect, for instants, when a new
>>>>> users logs on My Computer contains links to mapped drives that
>>>>> still exist but are mapped differently in the login script and
>>>>> even occures when the users doesn't even have a login script.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried to remove the mapped drives on a per user basis but
>>>>> they just keep coming back at next login/reboot, I have tried
>>>>> deleting the profile but it makes no difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also in the Default User I had setup Outlook 2003 to auto run at
>>>>> login and configure itself using a prf file stored in the netlogon
>>>>> share. After deleting the Default User, this still happens even
>>>>> when the user has no login script assigned and it's a brand new PC
>>>>> which hasn't been configured to autorun Outlook on first login. We
>>>>> have some general accounts without mailboxes which causes an error
>>>>> eveytime they logon. I have renamed the prf and now instead of
>>>>> trying to apply it it just loads Outlook at login, so it still
>>>>> seems to be trying to load the Default User profile from the
>>>>> server
>>>>>
>>>>> Both of the above affect any user (new or old) that logs on to the
>>>>> domain using a brand new imaged PC or an existing pc. Local users
>>>>> aren't affected.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have also noticed that when a user logs on to a Windows XP Pro
>>>>> or the Windows 2003 terminal server, the windows sounds they hear
>>>>> are from Windows
>>>>> 2000.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that all the PCs are finding a Default User profile on
>>>>> the server and still applying it despite the fact that it no
>>>>> longer exists anywhere on
>>>>> the server, I've even done a search for it with no results.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have even created a new blank Default User profile, and gave the
>>>>> Everyone
>>>>> group permission to access it but it doesn't take affect.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dispite a lot of googling I can't seem to find any info on the
>>>>> correct way to remove it, if there is one. I'm tearing my hair
>>>>> out over this one, it's
>>>>> causing a few issues now and I'm deperate to get rid of it. Am I
>>>>> missing something simple here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Darren
>>>>
>>>> I think you've deleted the wrong "Default User" profile folder. If
>>>> you delete the real thing then Windows will complain bitterly when
>>>> a new user logs on for the first time.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not quite sure which one you mean, how many Default User profile
>>> are there?, I count 3, one on each workstation in Docs and Settings,
>>> 1 on the server in Docs and Setting and the one I deleted that was
>>> located in \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\. This is the one that was
>>> created when I clicked Copy To and entered
>>> \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\Default User and gave the everyone
>>> group access to download it.
>>>
>>> Darren
>>
>> The "Default User" profile folder is a hidden folder that resides on
>> the user's workstation.
>>
>>
>>
>
> As I said above I know that there is a default user profile in
> C:\Documents and Settings\Default User which is hidden on every
> workstation and on every server, I have not touched any of these at
> all.
>
> What I did is create a new user and setup their profile how I want all
> new profiles to be configured then under Administrator I followed this
> link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168475 to copy it to the netlogon
> share on the server, however I deleted it recently but even new PCs
> are still using it to create new user logins.
>
> Surely it cannot copy something that does not exist anymore, even if
> the old workstations cached a copy the new workstations cannot
> possibly find it as it was deleted before they were even built.
>
> Darren
>

I've sorted it now, it seems that someone from our company added an old
copy of the logon script into the main Default Domain Policy GPO,
removing this has sorted the map drives issue and the Outlook auto run
at login issue. I can live with Windows 2000 sounds on the newer PCs.

Thanks Pegasus for the help.

"Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
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> Darren <some@one.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9A328DC4DD27Dsomeonecom@207.46.248.16:
>
>> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
>> news:OTdyObLYIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>>
>>>
>>> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9A31F3A276679someonecom@207.46.248.16...
>>>> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in
>>>> news:efJKKXHYIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Darren" <some@one.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Xns9A31EC822973Asomeonecom@207.46.248.16...
>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope someone can help me with this problem. We have a Windows
>>>>>> 2003 Enterprise server with a mix of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows
>>>>>> XP Pro machines and a Windows 2003 R2 terminal server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> About a 18 months ago I created a Default User based on a Windows
>>>>>> 2000 Pro machines and put it in the netlogon share of the domain
>>>>>> controller, this seem to work fine. However I deleted it a few
>>>>>> weeks ago because of some network changes, but even though I have
>>>>>> done this it still seems to take effect, for instants, when a new
>>>>>> users logs on My Computer contains links to mapped drives that
>>>>>> still exist but are mapped differently in the login script and
>>>>>> even occures when the users doesn't even have a login script.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried to remove the mapped drives on a per user basis but
>>>>>> they just keep coming back at next login/reboot, I have tried
>>>>>> deleting the profile but it makes no difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also in the Default User I had setup Outlook 2003 to auto run at
>>>>>> login and configure itself using a prf file stored in the netlogon
>>>>>> share. After deleting the Default User, this still happens even
>>>>>> when the user has no login script assigned and it's a brand new PC
>>>>>> which hasn't been configured to autorun Outlook on first login. We
>>>>>> have some general accounts without mailboxes which causes an error
>>>>>> eveytime they logon. I have renamed the prf and now instead of
>>>>>> trying to apply it it just loads Outlook at login, so it still
>>>>>> seems to be trying to load the Default User profile from the
>>>>>> server
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both of the above affect any user (new or old) that logs on to the
>>>>>> domain using a brand new imaged PC or an existing pc. Local users
>>>>>> aren't affected.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have also noticed that when a user logs on to a Windows XP Pro
>>>>>> or the Windows 2003 terminal server, the windows sounds they hear
>>>>>> are from Windows
>>>>>> 2000.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems that all the PCs are finding a Default User profile on
>>>>>> the server and still applying it despite the fact that it no
>>>>>> longer exists anywhere on
>>>>>> the server, I've even done a search for it with no results.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have even created a new blank Default User profile, and gave the
>>>>>> Everyone
>>>>>> group permission to access it but it doesn't take affect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dispite a lot of googling I can't seem to find any info on the
>>>>>> correct way to remove it, if there is one. I'm tearing my hair
>>>>>> out over this one, it's
>>>>>> causing a few issues now and I'm deperate to get rid of it. Am I
>>>>>> missing something simple here?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Darren
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you've deleted the wrong "Default User" profile folder. If
>>>>> you delete the real thing then Windows will complain bitterly when
>>>>> a new user logs on for the first time.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not quite sure which one you mean, how many Default User profile
>>>> are there?, I count 3, one on each workstation in Docs and Settings,
>>>> 1 on the server in Docs and Setting and the one I deleted that was
>>>> located in \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\. This is the one that was
>>>> created when I clicked Copy To and entered
>>>> \\mydomaincontroller\netlogon\Default User and gave the everyone
>>>> group access to download it.
>>>>
>>>> Darren
>>>
>>> The "Default User" profile folder is a hidden folder that resides on
>>> the user's workstation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> As I said above I know that there is a default user profile in
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Default User which is hidden on every
>> workstation and on every server, I have not touched any of these at
>> all.
>>
>> What I did is create a new user and setup their profile how I want all
>> new profiles to be configured then under Administrator I followed this
>> link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168475 to copy it to the netlogon
>> share on the server, however I deleted it recently but even new PCs
>> are still using it to create new user logins.
>>
>> Surely it cannot copy something that does not exist anymore, even if
>> the old workstations cached a copy the new workstations cannot
>> possibly find it as it was deleted before they were even built.
>>
>> Darren
>>
>
> I've sorted it now, it seems that someone from our company added an old
> copy of the logon script into the main Default Domain Policy GPO,
> removing this has sorted the map drives issue and the Outlook auto run
> at login issue. I can live with Windows 2000 sounds on the newer PCs.
>
> Thanks Pegasus for the help.

Thanks for the feedback.