Automatically log on to server?

[Gershon Shamay]

I have a Win2K server acting as a front-end / Web server for a database
located on another machine. That database has to be accessed through a
network share mapped as drive L: (internal database issue, UNC doesn't work,
I tried). The front-end service works fine as long as I am logged on and
drive L: is mapped correctly. If I log off, drive L: disappears and the
service can't find the database anymore [quite expected].

Problem: the server restarts once in a while e.g. due to power interruptions
or after virus check updates, etc. Each time, the database is unavailable
until I log on again - might be a long weekend. I need to increase the
database's availability - get closer to unattended operation.

Is there a way to either:
a) Map a network share as drive L: including my access rights without anyone
logged on to the server ? Or
b) Automatically log me on to the server after a restart ?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a Win2K server acting as a front-end / Web server for a database
located on another machine. That database has to be accessed through a
network share mapped as drive L: (internal database issue, UNC doesn't work,
I tried). The front-end service works fine as long as I am logged on and
drive L: is mapped correctly. If I log off, drive L: disappears and the
service can't find the database anymore [quite expected].

Problem: the server restarts once in a while e.g. due to power interruptions
or after virus check updates, etc. Each time, the database is unavailable
until I log on again - might be a long weekend. I need to increase the
database's availability - get closer to unattended operation.

Is there a way to either:
a) Map a network share as drive L: including my access rights without anyone
logged on to the server ? Or
b) Automatically log me on to the server after a restart ?

Sounds like a case for TweakUI Power Tools - freely downloadable
from some Microsoft site. Remember to set a very short screen
saver period, in order to reduce your server's exposure.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a Win2K server acting as a front-end / Web server for a database
located on another machine. That database has to be accessed through a
network share mapped as drive L: (internal database issue, UNC doesn't work,
I tried). The front-end service works fine as long as I am logged on and
drive L: is mapped correctly. If I log off, drive L: disappears and the
service can't find the database anymore [quite expected].

Problem: the server restarts once in a while e.g. due to power interruptions
or after virus check updates, etc. Each time, the database is unavailable
until I log on again - might be a long weekend. I need to increase the
database's availability - get closer to unattended operation.

Is there a way to either:
a) Map a network share as drive L: including my access rights without anyone
logged on to the server ? Or
b) Automatically log me on to the server after a restart ?

HOW TO Enable Automatic Logon in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310584


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