boot problem with mapped drives

[Lorne]

I have a W2000 SP4 machine on a peer to peer network, connected by wireless
card. there are 2 mapped drives to another machine.

When turned on the boot stops with a message unable to connect to a netwrork
drive, do you want to connect next time? I say yes and it boots OK, then I
execute a batch file that connects to the other machine (there is a
password) and all is fine.

However it is very annoying that the boot stops and will only complete with
manual intervention. The problem is that the wireless card is not
initialised early enough so when Windows tries to connect during boot the
network is not available. so I ask:

1. Is it possible to change the boot order so the network connections are
not made until after the wireless card is enabled? if not,
2. Is it possible to get windows to automatically select option to continue
the boot and keep the mapped drives avalable for the future? if not
3. If I creat a batch file with a line like "NET USE Z:
\\netcomputer\myfolder" and put it in the users stratup folder will it
execute after the wireless card is enabled and how do I automatically delete
the map when the user closes down so the unwanted message that it can't
connect does not show up.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a W2000 SP4 machine on a peer to peer network, connected by wireless
card. there are 2 mapped drives to another machine.

When turned on the boot stops with a message unable to connect to a
netwrork drive, do you want to connect next time? I say yes and it boots
OK, then I execute a batch file that connects to the other machine (there
is a password) and all is fine.

However it is very annoying that the boot stops and will only complete
with manual intervention. The problem is that the wireless card is not
initialised early enough so when Windows tries to connect during boot the
network is not available. so I ask:

1. Is it possible to change the boot order so the network connections are
not made until after the wireless card is enabled? if not,
2. Is it possible to get windows to automatically select option to
continue the boot and keep the mapped drives avalable for the future? if
not
3. If I creat a batch file with a line like "NET USE Z:
\\netcomputer\myfolder" and put it in the users stratup folder will it
execute after the wireless card is enabled and how do I automatically
delete the map when the user closes down so the unwanted message that it
can't connect does not show up.

You need three steps to do this:
1. Get Windows to stop remembered drives:
net use /persistent:no
2. Disconnect all remembered drives:
net use * /d /y
3. Arrange your startup connects, by placing this batch file
into your startup folder:
@echo off
ping localhost -n 30 > nul
net use z: \\netcomputer\MyShare

Adjust the delay, currently set 30 seconds, to suit your environment.
Note also that the "net use" command can't connect to a folder as
per your code but only to a share (or optionally to a folder within
this share).

 

[Lorne]

You need three steps to do this:
1. Get Windows to stop remembered drives:
net use /persistent:no
2. Disconnect all remembered drives:
net use * /d /y
3. Arrange your startup connects, by placing this batch file
into your startup folder:
@echo off
ping localhost -n 30 > nul
net use z: \\netcomputer\MyShare

Adjust the delay, currently set 30 seconds, to suit your environment.
Note also that the "net use" command can't connect to a folder as
per your code but only to a share (or optionally to a folder within
this share).

thanks for this - I was missing the persistent:no bit.

It seems to work without the ping localhost line as the wireless card is up
and working before any startup folder items get executed. Am I right that
this line was giving an extra 30 seconds for the system to get up and
running and I can safely discard it?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

thanks for this - I was missing the persistent:no bit.

It seems to work without the ping localhost line as the wireless card is
up and working before any startup folder items get executed. Am I right
that this line was giving an extra 30 seconds for the system to get up and
running and I can safely discard it?

Yes.