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Mapped Network Drives are Disconnected at Startup
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I have a four node peer-to-peer network with all machines running WIN XP (3 Proand 1 Home). There is no internet connection on this network by design. The root of c: \ is shared on each machine and (accounting) applications are served from various machines. All machines boot directly to the desktop. Problem is some applications fail to start because the mapped network drives are initially disconnected. Using windows explorer to expand and then contract these mapped drives will reconnect them (remove the red X's), but this is a tedious task for a computer novice. I googled this problem and seem to think I saw a Microsoft response that Windows is acting as designed. I seem to remember earlier versions of windows had an option to connect at logon or to connect at first use. Has that option not been carried forward to WinXP? Does anyone have more insight into this problem? Does anyone have a workaround -- perhaps a program that does what explorer does to force the connections perhaps in a windows startup script? Jim Snively |
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Mapped Network Drives are Disconnected at Startup
"Jim Snively" wrote in message ... Hi All: I have a four node peer-to-peer network with all machines running WIN XP (3 Proand 1 Home). There is no internet connection on this network by design. The root of c: \ is shared on each machine and (accounting) applications are served from various machines. All machines boot directly to the desktop. Problem is some applications fail to start because the mapped network drives are initially disconnected. Using windows explorer to expand and then contract these mapped drives will reconnect them (remove the red X's), but this is a tedious task for a computer novice. I googled this problem and seem to think I saw a Microsoft response that Windows is acting as designed. I seem to remember earlier versions of windows had an option to connect at logon or to connect at first use. Has that option not been carried forward to WinXP? Does anyone have more insight into this problem? Does anyone have a workaround -- perhaps a program that does what explorer does to force the connections perhaps in a windows startup script? Jim Snively Instead of relying on remembered connections, you should seize control of mapped drives and create this file: c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat ================================================== = (The file starts with the line "@echo off") @echo off net use /persistent:no net use * /del /y net use S: \\SomeMachine\C net use T: \\SomeOtherMachine\C net use pause This file will run each time anyone logs on. Remove the "pause" command when you're happy with the result. |
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Mapped Network Drives are Disconnected at Startup
I have a similar problem. We use w/xp Home to map drives to a server in a
small 'workgroup', and one of the pc's drops the mapped drives when the pc is started up or restarted. You have to manually remap it. This may have happened to this pc during a power surge, that's when it started, however the NIC seems OK, it connect to the server, internet, etc, it just doesn't remember how to stay mapped. In the 'net use' formula you used is "somemachine" and "someothermachine" your indication of the pc or server name that you want to map a network drive to? Is this a batch file ? If so, how do I create and impliment it? "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: "Jim Snively" wrote in message ... Hi All: I have a four node peer-to-peer network with all machines running WIN XP (3 Proand 1 Home). There is no internet connection on this network by design. The root of c: \ is shared on each machine and (accounting) applications are served from various machines. All machines boot directly to the desktop. Problem is some applications fail to start because the mapped network drives are initially disconnected. Using windows explorer to expand and then contract these mapped drives will reconnect them (remove the red X's), but this is a tedious task for a computer novice. I googled this problem and seem to think I saw a Microsoft response that Windows is acting as designed. I seem to remember earlier versions of windows had an option to connect at logon or to connect at first use. Has that option not been carried forward to WinXP? Does anyone have more insight into this problem? Does anyone have a workaround -- perhaps a program that does what explorer does to force the connections perhaps in a windows startup script? Jim Snively Instead of relying on remembered connections, you should seize control of mapped drives and create this file: c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat ================================================== = (The file starts with the line "@echo off") @echo off net use /persistent:no net use * /del /y net use S: \\SomeMachine\C net use T: \\SomeOtherMachine\C net use pause This file will run each time anyone logs on. Remove the "pause" command when you're happy with the result. |
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Mapped Network Drives are Disconnected at Startup
Click Start / Run, then paste the following single long line into the
window: notepad "c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat" @echo off net use /persistent:no net use * /del /y net use S: \\SomeMachine\SomeShare net use T: \\SomeOtherMachine\SomeOtherShare net use pause Make sure to use proper names for "Some..." in the code above. "db" wrote in message ... I have a similar problem. We use w/xp Home to map drives to a server in a small 'workgroup', and one of the pc's drops the mapped drives when the pc is started up or restarted. You have to manually remap it. This may have happened to this pc during a power surge, that's when it started, however the NIC seems OK, it connect to the server, internet, etc, it just doesn't remember how to stay mapped. In the 'net use' formula you used is "somemachine" and "someothermachine" your indication of the pc or server name that you want to map a network drive to? Is this a batch file ? If so, how do I create and impliment it? "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: "Jim Snively" wrote in message ... Hi All: I have a four node peer-to-peer network with all machines running WIN XP (3 Proand 1 Home). There is no internet connection on this network by design. The root of c: \ is shared on each machine and (accounting) applications are served from various machines. All machines boot directly to the desktop. Problem is some applications fail to start because the mapped network drives are initially disconnected. Using windows explorer to expand and then contract these mapped drives will reconnect them (remove the red X's), but this is a tedious task for a computer novice. I googled this problem and seem to think I saw a Microsoft response that Windows is acting as designed. I seem to remember earlier versions of windows had an option to connect at logon or to connect at first use. Has that option not been carried forward to WinXP? Does anyone have more insight into this problem? Does anyone have a workaround -- perhaps a program that does what explorer does to force the connections perhaps in a windows startup script? Jim Snively Instead of relying on remembered connections, you should seize control of mapped drives and create this file: c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat ================================================== = (The file starts with the line "@echo off") @echo off net use /persistent:no net use * /del /y net use S: \\SomeMachine\C net use T: \\SomeOtherMachine\C net use pause This file will run each time anyone logs on. Remove the "pause" command when you're happy with the result. |
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