I think this is the way XP was designed to work - it only prompts for
credentials when you try to use the mapped drive.
If you're mapping it through Windows Explorer, you could try using the
"Connect using a different user name" option in the Map Network Drive dialog.
Alternatively, run a login script to map the drive when someone logs in,
using something like
net use r: \\servername\sharename password /user:username
You can do net use ? to get a full list of options.
"nevets2001uk" wrote:
> In a workground environment we have a shared drive on a Server which is used
> to store backups of user PST files. Each user has access to a directory under
> this folder such as 'asmith'
>
> We have created a mapping on the clients to their folder as R: and set it to
> reconnect at login. They must use a unique username and password to connect
> the mapping.
>
> This all works however at startup Windows XP does not prompt the user to
> enter the password unless they click on the R: drive to try to connect. In
> Windows 2000 the users are prompted after loggin in for the map drive
> password. We need this to happen in XP as the PFBackup tool fails if they
> haven't authenticated and connected the mapping.
>
> Can this be set somewhere in XP to force the login dialog for the mapping at
> startup?
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