disconnected network drives

[Guest]

When I reboot my computer, my network drives that I mapped disappear. I have to remap them. I am on a college campus network.

 

[Dave]

Saxman,
In the dialog where you map a network drive, is there a
check box saying "Reconnect at logon" or something
similar? Make sure its checked.

If thats not it, maybe try to gauge how long your machine
spends trying to map the drive during login/reboot. Do
you get a message saying "Attempting to Map Drive X",,,
that hangs around? Or an error like "Unable to Map
Drive"? If so, at least you know your machine is trying
but the problem is it can't find the target. On the
other hand if your login just buzzes right by without
pause or error, the machine is probably not even trying
to reconnect.

Cut the problem space in half and let us know which side
you're on.

/dave

 

[Pete]

Probably not your problem but there is a box to reconnect
at logon which must be checked for the drives to be
persistant.

-----Original Message-----
When I reboot my computer, my network drives that I

mapped disappear. I have to remap them. I am on a
college campus network.

 

[Guest]

Joe's suggestion worked for me. (Great guess Joe!!!!) When I clicked on "Manage my network passowrds" there were already two entries there from two other users that had used this workstation. I first 'disconnected' the mapped drives through 'My Computer'. Then came back to the 'user account' settings and deleted both entries LEAVING this blank. Re-booted, then re-mapped drives through 'My Computer' checking 'reconnect at logon' and everything has been fine since!

Enviromen
Workstations XP Pr
Server Win 2003 Standar

----- Joe wrote: ----

This is just a guess... Try going to user accounts on the control panel
Select your account. When the " What do you want to change about you
account?" window opens, select "manage my network passwords" under Relate
Tasks. in the blue pane to the left. Enter your user name and password fo
the computer with the drive you are connecting to

Hope it helps..