98 Active Directory Client

[Glenn]

I have configured a windows 98 machine to connect to a 2000 Server
Active Directory Domain Controller, and for some reason while Group
policies seem to propogate without a problem to 2000 pro machines on
the Domain, they don't seem to apply to the 98 box, i.e everything
else on the network had control panel hide - Enabled, which works.
The 98 machine, logs into the Domain no problem, but that's as far as
it goes.
The Drive mapping script I wrote doesn't work on the 98 box, even when
run manually on the machine, it maps the first drive, and that's as
far as it gets.

<---Script---->

net use G: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol
net use H: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol\users\%username%
net use I: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\shared
net use j: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\shared\Guides
net use K: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\data\DB\OMNIS\DATA\TEG\current
net use L: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\data\DB\OMNIS\LIBS\TEG\live
net use N: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\Data
net use Q: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\Shared\It
net use W: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\data\DB\OMNIS\LIBS\TEG\dev
setx omnis k: -m

<----Script----->

There seems to be an issue on the machine with mapping everything
other than the first drive.
It behaves as if the paths that it's mapping are too long.

Any ideas on either the mapping of the group policies ?

With thanks

Glenn

 

[Jack]

GPO doesn't work with 98. Even with the AD client
extensions.

 

[Cary Shultz]

-----Original Message-----
GPO doesn't work with 98. Even with the AD client
extensions. pro
machines on and
that's as
.

Howdy!

Further to what Jack stated, using the ADClient on a
WIN98/WINNT machine has a benefit of making that pc "site-
aware".

HTH,

Cary

 

[Steve Dodson [MSFT]]

AD client just makes the 9x client aware of active directory and some
features such as site affinity. A windows 9x client will not process group
policy for the domain. You will need to move your clients up to 2000 or XP
for that functionality.

Steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
Directory Services
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I have configured a windows 98 machine to connect to a 2000 Server
Active Directory Domain Controller, and for some reason while Group
policies seem to propogate without a problem to 2000 pro machines on
the Domain, they don't seem to apply to the 98 box, i.e everything
else on the network had control panel hide - Enabled, which works.
The 98 machine, logs into the Domain no problem, but that's as far as
it goes.
The Drive mapping script I wrote doesn't work on the 98 box, even when
run manually on the machine, it maps the first drive, and that's as
far as it gets.

<---Script---->

net use G: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol
net use H: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol\users\%username%
net use I: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\shared
net use j: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\shared\Guides
net use K: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\data\DB\OMNIS\DATA\TEG\current
net use L: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\data\DB\OMNIS\LIBS\TEG\live
net use N: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\Data
net use Q: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\Shared\It
net use W: \\beech.domain.co.uk\vol1\data\DB\OMNIS\LIBS\TEG\dev
setx omnis k: -m

<----Script----->

There seems to be an issue on the machine with mapping everything
other than the first drive.
It behaves as if the paths that it's mapping are too long.

Any ideas on either the mapping of the group policies ?

With thanks

Glenn

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