c0nw0nk Wrote:
> Its a interesting issue maybe the SYSTEM user group in windows does
> not have access to the mapped hard drives ?

This is default behavior, ea:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13178892/access-file-from-shared-folder-from-windows-service
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/659013/accessing-a-shared-file-unc-from-a-remote-non-trusted-domain-with-credentials

OTOH, never run any service as SYSTEM if there is no need for it, always create a user for a service and limits its rights (jail it).

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