Network drive mapping Issue in WINDOWS 8 Client

HI,<o:p></o:p>
We have 2 Win2k8 R2 Domain controller. & around 100 Windows XP & Windows 7 Client. All the network mapping which was mapped through Group policy
is worked fine.<o:p></o:p>
Recently we have added 5 machines of WINDOWS 8 Client in our Network. We have observed that in none of the Windows 8 client machines, Network drives are not
getting automatically mapped. I checked through Gpresulr/r to confirm that whether the policy get applied or not, All the Windows 8 client machines has GP Applied.<o:p></o:p>
I have run gpupdate & restart the machine, I have slow the network logging of Windows 8 Client,but it couldn't help me.
<o:p>Regards,</o:p>
<o:p>Chetan</o:p>

Hi,
In Group Policy Preferences,is "Reconnect" option ticked? If yes, please un-tick this option and check the result. Meanwhile, please check the below post which is discussing the same problem in Windows 8.
Group Policy Preferences Drive Maps Not Working in Windows 8 RTM When "Reconnect" Option is Active
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverGP/thread/64e01325-9b2f-477c-ab51-7b10692b583a
If this post does not help solve the problem, I suggest you ask in Group Policy forum.

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