Cannot map to active directory shares on a Windows Server 2008 server from windows 8

• Tuesday, February 05, 2013 8:27 PM

   

   
  

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  I have a stubborn problem mapping drives from a Windows 8 [home] machine.  I can map correctly to shares on my home network NAS.  However I cannot map to shares on the corporate (university) network I use, which is running Active Directory using some version of Windows Server (which I think is Server 2008, though apparently the share itself may be located on "a SAN which will have its own custom OS which may not necessarily be Windows").  I can map perfectly well to these shares from other machines (one running XP, the other running Windows 7 Pro).  I have seen comments in forums about Windows 8 RT not being able to connect to domain shares, but I am using the full (but not the Pro) version.  I connect to the university network via a VPN, but that is not the problem as such, because I can connect to shares on the local hard disk of a user machine on that network, across the VPN, with no problem.  The university IT department don't yet support Windows 8 so can't shed any light. If I try to make the connection through Explorer, it just hangs up with nothing happening.  If I try to do it through net use in a Command window, passing my username and password, I can map to a group share but not to my personal share - if I try to connect to that, I get "System Error 67 The network name cannot be found".  I'd be very grateful for any suggestions - I am currently out of ideas to try.  The usual sorts of things like connecting via IP rather than name, turning off firewall and anti-virus, checking NetBios running, have all been tried exhaustively. 
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