Bill, I suspect User Access Control (UAC) is blocking this from working... So try disabling it and seeing if you can get it to work. There is also a registry edit that can help if you are trying to connect to network resources using the net use command
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System Here you want to create a DWORD entry named "EnableLinkedConnections" and set the value to 1 n Frank Frank Taylor - Information Technology Administrator F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc - Araho Transfer Inc. Boston, MA - Rockland, ME - Miami, FL Direct Dial - 617-790-3093 email: [email protected]<http://mail.whitewolftechnologies.com/cgi-bin/compose.exe?id=01ef7f9322f8a76400dacb6a1fe342bb5a7&new=&xsl=compose.xsl&[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Owens Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:36 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - net use command windows 7 I have a DOS 6.1 applications that prints to a shared printer using the Net use lpt1: \\counterrightxp\brother<file:///\\counterrightxp\brother> command I can't seem to get this to work under Windows 7 When I issue the command it first prompts me for UserName then password I finally get error message SYSTEM ERROR 5 HAS OCCURRED THEN ACCESS DENIED Any Ideas? Thanks Bill _______________________________________________________________________ This Email has been scanned for all viruses by PAETEC Email Scanning Services, utilizing MessageLabs proprietary SkyScan infrastructure. If you need assistance, please contact the Systems Administrator, Frank Taylor at [email protected] - 617-790-3093. ** REMEMBER NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT UNLESS YOU ARE SURE OF IT'S CONTENT AND SENDER ** _______________________________________________________________________
