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They are probably not admins and it defaults to their Home directory (set in Active Directory Users and Computers for that user).<br />

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They are probably not admins and it defaults to their Home directory (set in Active Directory Users and Computers for that user).


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Hi Team, <br />
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I am trying to assist a user who is having trouble connecting to a server outside of their network on their laptop. &nbsp; I selected &quot;Start | Run&quot; and entered &quot;cmd&quot; to get a command prompt so I could &quot;ping&quot; the server. &nbsp;The root of the command line defaulted to a drive called &quot;H:\&quot; and when I typed &quot;C:\&quot; and even &quot;cd c:\&quot;, nothing changed (the command line still says, &quot;H:\&quot;). &nbsp;I entered &quot;PING&quot; anyway and the utility did run, but it just timed out. &nbsp;<br />
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What kind of network restriction would cause the command line root to default to &quot;H:\&quot; instead of &quot;C:\&quot;? &nbsp;Would it be an Active Directory policy, firewall or other policy? &nbsp;Would this be an indicator that the user is running from a terminal or virtual machine or some kind of strange mapped drive? A &nbsp;&quot;C:\&quot; drive is present on the machine and is accessible by the user via Windows Explorer so I'm not sure why the command prompt would default to &quot;H:\&quot; and not seem to be able to change it. 
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Hi Team, 

I am trying to assist a user who is having trouble connecting to a server outside of their network on their laptop.   I selected "Start | Run" and entered "cmd" to get a command prompt so I could "ping" the server.  The root of the command line defaulted to a drive called "H:\" and when I typed "C:\" and even "cd c:\", nothing changed (the command line still says, "H:\").  I entered "PING" anyway and the utility did run, but it just timed out.  

What kind of network restriction would cause the command line root to default to "H:\" instead of "C:\"?  Would it be an Active Directory policy, firewall or other policy?  Would this be an indicator that the user is running from a terminal or virtual machine or some kind of strange mapped drive? A  "C:\" drive is present on the machine and is accessible by the user via Windows Explorer so I'm not sure why the command prompt would default to "H:\" and not seem to be able to change it. 

Why would &quot;cmd.exe&quot; default to a different drive letter than &quot;C:\&quot; ?

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Windows XP

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Why would &quot;cmd.exe&quot; default to a different drive letter than &quot;C:\&quot; ?

Why would "cmd.exe" default to a different drive letter than "C:\" ?