Sorry in advance if this is the wrong forum for this question...
The office I'm working in (programming) has two servers (W2K & W2K3) and a number of client workstations (all running XP Pro). We have a number of shared drives/folders on our servers where we store applications, code snippets, modules, files... whatever, that everyone needs to access on occasion.
To make things easier, most of us map these locations on our local workstations and keep our machines running 24/7. Unfortunately the mappings don't stay mapped. On a daily basis we need to remap the drives/folders. To streamline it I've created a couple of batch files that save me having to retype the commands all the time. In essence this is what I do on a daily basis in order to reconnect the mapped drives:
1. net use /d x: (disconnect an existing mapping - repeated for each mapped drive)
2. net use x: \\servername\sharename (done on just one drive for now) at this point it prompts for a user & password. Even if I give it a valid user name & password it is rejected. Since it'll be rejected anyway, I've gotten into the habit of typing gibberish-enter-gibberish-enter.
2a. BTW, I'm aware that you can provide username & password in the net use command but when I do (whether valid or not) it doesn't proceed to step 3. When I provided them within a batch file, in the "net use" line, all combinations of user/password are rejected.
3. net use x: \\servername\sharename
the second time I do this the mapping is instantaneous. No prompt for user ID, no prompt for password - it's immediate. Once one drive is mapped all the other drive mappings can be recreated without having to provide an id/password.
Even with batch files the process takes a minute or so and it's annoying. The last place I worked (a college) I also used mapped drives but rarely had to reconnect them so I know there's something wrong. However, unlike the college position I had where there was a diversity of knowledge & experience, at this job we're pretty much all programmers or consultants. I have the most networking experience of all of us and my knowledge is pretty much limited to spelling "network" correctly.
Is there an easy solution to this or is this something that needs to be addressed by a true network specialist?
TIA
The office I'm working in (programming) has two servers (W2K & W2K3) and a number of client workstations (all running XP Pro). We have a number of shared drives/folders on our servers where we store applications, code snippets, modules, files... whatever, that everyone needs to access on occasion.
To make things easier, most of us map these locations on our local workstations and keep our machines running 24/7. Unfortunately the mappings don't stay mapped. On a daily basis we need to remap the drives/folders. To streamline it I've created a couple of batch files that save me having to retype the commands all the time. In essence this is what I do on a daily basis in order to reconnect the mapped drives:
1. net use /d x: (disconnect an existing mapping - repeated for each mapped drive)
2. net use x: \\servername\sharename (done on just one drive for now) at this point it prompts for a user & password. Even if I give it a valid user name & password it is rejected. Since it'll be rejected anyway, I've gotten into the habit of typing gibberish-enter-gibberish-enter.
2a. BTW, I'm aware that you can provide username & password in the net use command but when I do (whether valid or not) it doesn't proceed to step 3. When I provided them within a batch file, in the "net use" line, all combinations of user/password are rejected.
3. net use x: \\servername\sharename
the second time I do this the mapping is instantaneous. No prompt for user ID, no prompt for password - it's immediate. Once one drive is mapped all the other drive mappings can be recreated without having to provide an id/password.
Even with batch files the process takes a minute or so and it's annoying. The last place I worked (a college) I also used mapped drives but rarely had to reconnect them so I know there's something wrong. However, unlike the college position I had where there was a diversity of knowledge & experience, at this job we're pretty much all programmers or consultants. I have the most networking experience of all of us and my knowledge is pretty much limited to spelling "network" correctly.
Is there an easy solution to this or is this something that needs to be addressed by a true network specialist?
TIA