Unable to map master page gallery to network drive on XP Service Pack 3

I've tried to map the master page gallery to my computer as a network drive. I've tried using the Tools > Map Network Drive method as well as net use x: \server\folder\. Both methods result in failure. I am on Windows XP SP3. I used a colleague's computer
who has Windows 7. Using my username and the same methods, I was able to map the master page gallery to his computer.
Has anyone heard of an issue in not being able to map a master page gallery to a machine running XP? It's obviously not my permissions.

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you could’t map the master page gallery to your computer as a network drive.
You can refer to the following KB article You receive an error message when try to map a network drive from a Windows XP workstation: “Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password”
You also can refer to the following similar posts:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/df1b2a62-1ee7-43d8-83ea-eeae5f626220/windows-xp-service-pack-3-and-mapped-network-drives
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11178480/mapping-a-network-drive-webdav-doesnt-work-with-windows-xp
If you want to know more about the Windows XP Service Pack 3, you can post your question to the forum for Windows XP Service Pack 3:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=itproxpsp
More experts will assist you, then you will get more information relation to Windows XP Service Pack 3.
If you have any problems, please feel free to reply me.
Thanks,
Jason Guo

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Unable to map master page gallery as network drive for migrated sitecollection

Hi all,
I am unable to map the masterpage gallery as network drive for design manager for a migrated site.
This is a windows 2008 server r2 OS. Desktop experience in installed.
I am able to map the master page gallery as network drive for two other site collections which is not migrated.
But for the current migrated sitecollection, it throws the familiar error that it is unable to connect.... I already tried unistalling and reinstalling desktop experience.
Kindly help.

Hi sanjuv,
According to your description, my understanding is that you can't map master page gallery in network drive for certain migrated site collection.
If you can open the master gallery with explorer, it means the master page gallery really exists. I suggest you check if the path is valid in the network drive. You can find the detailed path information with the articles below:
1.On the site for which you are creating a design, start Design Manager. (For example, on the Settings menu, choose Design Manager.)
2.In the numbered list, select Upload Design Files.
3.The Design Manager: Upload Design Files page contains the location of the Master Page Gallery. The location probably ends in /_catalogs/masterpage/. This is the location to which you will map a network drive.
4.Make a note of the location of the Master Page Gallery, or copy it to the Clipboard.
Here is a detailed article for your reference:
Map a network drive to the SharePoint 2013 Master Page Gallery
If the issue still exists , I suggest you can check the link below to troubleshooting the connection error with Network drive. You can try to install the kb of IE10 below to test if it works.
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2616712/en-au?wa=wsignin1.0
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2846960
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I have a site collection that is still rendering the Master Page Gallery items in the Sharepoint 2007 style instead of the Sharepoint 2013 style, and I can't pinpoint where this is coming from. I'm sure it's from a resource that was customized some
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Hi Brad ,
For your issue, you can view the Upgrade Status page in Site Settings to verify that upgrade has succeeded for a site collection.
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http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/154/t/147705.aspx
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I'm trying to add a "JavaScript Display Template" to my "Master Page Gallery" but when I click on the "New Document" button and select "JavaScript Display Template" it opens the "Add a master page" dialog
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Thanks for the tips - here's what I did and the results
Created a new username on through the web interface; changed the hostname to "nasbox"; rebooted the NSS6000; rebooted the pc while the NSS was booting; logged on to the pc with a generic username (not admin or administrator)
tried again to map it as a network drive - specified \\192.168.0.xxx\nas as the folder name (again, "nas" is the name of the share I created on the device), selected the checkbox for "Connect using different credentials". Clicked finish, box for username/password pops up. I enter the new username/password I created - same result. No joy.
Results from nbtstat -c:
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.0.1.xx] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
Local Area Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.abc] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Remote Cache Name Table
Name              Type       Host Address    Life [sec]
192.168.0.xxx <20> UNIQUE          192.168.0.xxx       407
NASBOX         <20> UNIQUE          192.168.0.xxx       467
The 10.0.1.xx connection is my internet connection; the 192.168.0.abc is the address of my second ethernet card which connects to my managed switch (which the NSS6000 is connected to)
Results from ping -a 192.168.0.xxx
Pinging NASBOX [192.168.0.xxx] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.xxx:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
I couldn't find a button to enable logging, but I did find a page of logs (I'm guessing this is a firmware change) - here's the one called "CIFS Logs" - the timestamps from 23:02:13 are from the reboot; the ones from 23:04:32 are me trying to map it as a drive (I assume...)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] smbd/server.c:main(944)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: smbd version 3.0.28a started.
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2008
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 1] nsswitch/idmap_tdb.c:idmap_tdb_alloc_init(397)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: idmap uid range missing or invalid
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: idmap will be unable to map foreign SIDs
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] nsswitch/idmap.c:idmap_alloc_init(750)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: ERROR: Initialization failed for alloc backend, deferred!
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 1] nsswitch/idmap_tdb.c:idmap_tdb_alloc_init(397)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: idmap uid range missing or invalid
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: idmap will be unable to map foreign SIDs
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] nsswitch/idmap.c:idmap_alloc_init(750)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: ERROR: Initialization failed for alloc backend, deferred!
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 1] nsswitch/idmap_tdb.c:idmap_tdb_alloc_init(397)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: idmap uid range missing or invalid
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: idmap will be unable to map foreign SIDs
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] nsswitch/idmap.c:idmap_alloc_init(750)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: ERROR: Initialization failed for alloc backend, deferred!
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 1] nsswitch/idmap_tdb.c:idmap_tdb_alloc_init(397)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[3342]: idmap uid range missing or invalid
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May 2 23:02:13 nasbox smbd[3851]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758)
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May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[2571]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_passdb.c:sid_to_name(130)
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May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[2571]: [2011/05/02 23:02:13, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_passdb.c:sid_to_name(130)
May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[2571]: Possible deadlock: Trying to lookup SID S-1-5-2 with passdb backend
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May 2 23:02:13 nasbox winbindd[2571]: Possible deadlock: Trying to lookup SID S-1-5-2 with passdb backend
May 2 23:04:32 nasbox nmbd[2562]: [2011/05/02 23:04:32, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(109)
May 2 23:04:32 nasbox nmbd[2562]: query_name_response: Multiple (2) responses received for a query on subnet 192.168.0.xxx for name WORKGROUP<1d>.
May 2 23:04:32 nasbox nmbd[2562]: This response was from IP 192.168.0.abc, reporting an IP address of 192.168.0.abc.
((note that 192.168.0.xxx is the address of the NAS; 192.168.0.abc is the Win7 pc))

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using (SPSite sitecollection = (SPSite)properties.Feature.Parent)
using (SPWeb web = sitecollection.RootWeb)
string WebAppRelativePath = sitecollection.ServerRelativeUrl;
if (!WebAppRelativePath.EndsWith("/"))
foreach (SPWeb site in sitecollection.AllWebs)
WebAppRelativePath = site.Url;
if (!WebAppRelativePath.EndsWith("/"))
WebAppRelativePath += "/";
String MasterUrl = WebAppRelativePath + "_catalogs/masterpage/Master/" + MasterPageName;
SPFile fileUrl1 = site.GetFile(MasterUrl);
if (fileUrl1 != null)
SPFolder folder = fileUrl1.ParentFolder;
fileUrl1.Delete();
web.Update();
//attempt to delete the folder if it is now empty
if (folder.Files.Count < 1)
folder.Delete();
catch (Exception)
Pls guide me for solve this issue.

Hello Sameer,
When you are calling "RemoveCustomMasterPage" function?
Also make below change in web.config file your web application to know the problem:
1. Open up your sites web.config, and make the standard custom errors edit. You want it to be < customerrors mode="Off"/>
2. Then, search for the CallStack="false" and change it to CallStack="true", you should find this in the "<safemode>" node.
3. Find: <compilation debug="false" />, Replace with: <compilation debug="true" />
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