Don't know if you're using DHCP or static IP for the network connection, but when we had problems keeping a connection to Windows Server 2003, we switched the workstations under Win XP Pro to static IPs. We mapped the network drive on the workstation to the server using the Server admin rights and giving the necessary users access to the network drive.
Each workstation has the VFP 9.0 app installed locally with a link to the network drive. With the exception of a physical cable problem (cable accidentally cut), this has worked for over 3 years. When I take my laptop into do maintenance, I set up a static IP and reconnect to the network. I have a network drive mapped on the laptop to the client's server. I do not have to log in through Windows Explorer. It works until I disconnect. I must admit that the laptop is not connected for more than a couple of hours. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Mike yearwood > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: drive map re-connection > > Hi all > > Environment: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP wireless clients > running FoxPro loader exe. > > I'm not sure of the exact terminology, so give me a break! :) I have a > mapped drive letter W: which is connected to \\server\somefolder. > somefolder needs most if not all rights for admin users, regular users > should not have the ability to delete files though. We have notebooks > with wireless access. When the notebook users login, drive W, though > it was set to reconnect at logon, does not always connect. The user's > passwords match the password for their accounts on the server. In one > case the login password is not the same as that on the server. That > user has the particular password remembered by clicking remember > password on that folder. Running Windows Explorer and clicking on > drive W always reconnects it. > > I cannot see how it would be manageable to have the loader remap the > drive. That would require users and admins specific files with > encrypted passwords. > > How about login scripts? Is that possible with Server 2003? If so, > how? Any other suggestions? > > Thanks > > Mike > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1308 - Release Date: 3/3/2008 10:01 AM _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
