Active Directory and DNS Server is my Win 2008 R2 STD server named "server"
All clients are Win 7 Pro x64 and in the domain
I have one GPO setup for folder redirection of My Documents, Downloads, Favorites, and Pictures.
I have a root folder called "homedir" and each user has their own sub-folder based on their username.
When I setup the user account in Active Directory Users and Computers MMC, I go into the properties of the user account (profile tab) and map a Z drive to \\server\HomeDir\%username% and it creates the folder and all permissions correctly.
It's been running fine for the past year. I setup a new user last Nov and had no issues with folder redirection working, the GPO getting pushed to the users account, their own little home folder under the Z drive.
Today, I setup another new user. Same process I've been following for all users. This new user - can't do anything on their Z drive. They get a message that reads: Z:\ refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and try again.
Yes, I'm connected to the network. I even took the computer out of the domain, removed it from DNS, and re-added the machine to the domain. If I try other users on this particular computer - same result. If I try their own computer that they use every day, no issues. If I try this new user (that I setup today) and someone else's computer, no issues. Folder redirection works, they can access their Z drive folder.
What could cause this crazy computer to behave like this? Firewall issue? Based on my gpresults, the GPO does fail. I can't figure it out why the computer would be behaving like this (since I've ruled out a user issue).
Any tips/advise? Anything is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Steve