drive mapping

[chris1]

Hi,

I am having trouble with mapping drives between a Win2K professional and an NT 4 workstation. If I map the drives while I am logged on, they work fine. Once I log off and back on again, the system cannot see the drives and flags them with the red x. I can the remap them and everything is fine. Any ideas?

Chris

 

[wolluf]

You don't say which way the mapping is (mapping NT drives from 2k or vice versa). You could run a logon script with net use statements to apply your mappings, eg,

net use m: \\win2kmachinename\drivesharename /PERSISTENT:YES

 

[chris1]

Thanks,

That was the first thing I tried. The mapping is from fron win2k machine to the nt machine.

Chris

 

[wolluf]

And you tried mapping from explorer and checking the 'reconnect at logon' box?

PS. Was it a startup (machine based) or logon (user based) script you were running?

 

[chris1]

I tried both the Windows, from Explorer, and DOS, net use commands. The problem seems to happen both from logon and from startup.

The only protocol I have running is TCP/IP. I don't know if it would go away with netbuior not. I guess that would be the next step.

Chris

 

[sentmemail]

i am having the same problem too...
any help?

 

[jasonboyes]

Ok are you having the red x on the mapped drive on the 2k pro machine. If so 2k always x out a mapped drive until first use. Just double click on the questionable drive and and the x should go away. I have the same issues and all I need to do is double click on the drive and I have no problems.

Hope this helps,

Jason Rich Cook -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."