Drive Mapping BEFORE Logon question

[DSect]

Hello,

I have a quick question, possibly very easy:

How do I map a drive letter to a share BEFORE anyone logs onto a server/PC?

Scenario: I have 2 servers. One is a Stand-Alone Web Server and the other is a PDC/File/Print Server. The stand-alone web server needs a drive mapped because of an ODBC data source that uses a database on the file server.

Everything works fine for now, but if the Stand-Alone (WEB) server resets and no one logs in, then the drive mapping will not take place and consequently leads to an ODBC error.

I would like to be able to establish the drive mapping regardless of someone logging in or not.

Am I correct in thinking that anything placed in the "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN" does not execute until someone logs in (this question is optional)?

Thank you in advance for any help and I am glad that I've finally found a good forum for techies )

 

[peterve]

if you can find or write an application that maps a drive (a .exe file; you can do it in VB),
then you could register this application as a service (using srvany.exe from the NT4 resource kit) and set it to run automatically... ---------------------------------------------------------------------
I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work
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[DSect]

I found an even easier way to do it.

You can use SRVANY.EXE and INSTSRV.EXE (resource kit programs) to install ANYTHING as a service.

Using those little files and a few reg edits to the new service key, you can start a .BAT file BEFORE anyone logs on.

Here's some details of installing a service using those proggies:

http://bscw.gmd.de/bscwserv.html

Now - The question is.. Do I get some points for answering my own question?

hehe Thanks for the help, though.

*D*