thanks, makes sense, I would not of thought of deleting the mapped drives first. I wonder if could be used in autoexec.nt file on boot to force net logon. Like I said sometimes xp home can be a real pain and other times it logs on even if the workgroup is different.
I am still a work in progress for sure. :'( Thanks Fred At 03:21 PM 7/27/2007, Tharin Olsen Poked the stick with: >Yes the prompting about deleting the drive maps would occur on Windows >2000/9x. There are still a lot of Windows 2000 machines in my town it seems. > >An example of a batch file would be something like the following > > ><--------------- Begin FixDrives.bat ----------------> > >@echo off > >rem A message that is displayed while the script is processed. >echo Please wait while your network drives are recreated. > >rem Our first command deletes any existing drive mappings >net use * /delete /y > >rem Next we recreate the shared drives >net use p: "\\computer1\public" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME >net use t: "\\computer2\finance" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME >net use z: "\\computer3\admin" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME > ><-------------------- END OF FILE --------------------> > >real simple, right? =] > >Most of my batch scripts are something like above, others might be more >complex containing goto statements that perform certain actions based on >certain conditions. > >FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >be interested in a look at the fixdrives.bat layout. Have no home boxes in >shop currently but next time I have one will check it out. Never had a XP box >give me that log on message when the mapped drives are offline ( other then a >popup from the tray ) W2K did this and WIn98. >thanks >fp > >At 08:22 PM 7/26/2007, Tharin Olsen Poked the stick with: >>I think the mapping method from My Computer that allows you to save the >>name/password is present in XP Home as well as XP Professional. >> >>One problem with the "reconnect at logon" (persistent drive maps) option is >>if the host system with the shared folders is offline Windows will show an >>error box on logon that indicates the path wasnt accessible and something >>like an ok/cancel choice to delete the mapped drive. The user unknowingly >>deletes the drive map and then they cant get in at all until the mapped drive >>is recreated. If you use a logon script with the net use command it will >>always map the drive at startup and its harder for the end user to mess up >>something that couldn't be fixed by a reboot. If you'd rather not run the >>command at startup you could just make a batch file to run the command. Since >>I do work at a lot of small offices that are just peer-to-peer its common >>that these sort of quirks will occur. I will type the commands into notepad >>and save it as FixDrives.bat in the %systemroot% folder of each workstation. >>Next time the phone rings and I'm troubleshooting I can tell them to enter >>"fixdriv! e! >s" in Run or at a command prompt. >> >>-Tharin O. >> >>FORC5 wrote: >>any idea if this works in XP Home ? >> >>Have never had a problem with pro, seems there is always the little check box >>to remember which is NOT on home machines. I have had to do the same user/pw >>on customer boxen to keep them all on their networks and figure there has to >>be a way to have home remember. Some obscure tool that is not there. >> >>Thanks >> > >-- >Tallyho ! ]:8) >Taglines below ! >-- >Without my ignorance, your knowledge would be meaningless > > > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- You're really hard up if you steal *this* tagline.
