Drive Mapping All Users

[bpinning]

Hi All,

We have to make 150 new PC's and all need to have F drive mapped to a folder on a server, does anyone know a way of doing this so any user who logs onto the machine will have the drive\s already mapped?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Brett

 

[PhaseK]

You could use a logon script that runs a batch file using the "net use" command.

Karl

 

[bpinning]

Thanks Karl,

I had thought of that but i want this to be machine specific, and only for 15-20 pc's, not the entire company with well over 500 machines.

Any other ideas?

Brett

 

[h5n1]

for those 15-20 pc's use a standard login procedure for example pc1, pc2....and write login script for those login names....there's no machine specific way to map a network drive since the login procedure looks at user not computer or it's name....

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[aznluvsmc]

Is your network an AD domain? If so, you can put the computers in their own OU and apply a login script to just that OU.

Does the drive mapping have to be specific to the computer or to the person who logs on?

Steven S.
MCSA
A+, Network+, Server+, i-Net+, Security+

 

[bpinning]

Hi,

We want the mapping to be machine specific for any user who logs onto the machine.

We have a standart set of programs that are going to go out on these machines that require a mapped drive and we dont have the time or resources to tell a user how to map them. It needs 4 or 5 mapped drives to various servers.

Thanks for your help,
Brett

 

[bcastner]

The /Home feature of the net use command is not enough?
Please advise.

 

[aznluvsmc]

Hey bcastner,

What does the /HOME switch do?

Steven S.
MCSA
A+, Network+, Server+, i-Net+, Security+

 

[bcastner]

It makes the scripting job easier for you.

. The original question was how to map, say F: to all users at logon to a folder on a a server.

As many have answered:
The logon script allows the Net command:

net use f: /delete /Yes /P:No
net use f: \\server\share_name /Y /P:No

. Now the /Home switch

%HOMEDRIVE%—Displays the logged-on user's home drive set on the Computer Management Tool
%HOMEPATH%—Displays the path of the user's home directory
%HOMESHARE%—Displays the share name of the user's home directory

See:

http://www.tycho7.com/Software/Win2k/logon_scripts.htm

http://www.tycho7.com/Software/Win2k/logon_scripts.htm

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