Drive and Printer mapping

[Terry Booth]

I have had great difficulty mapping shared client printers on Win2000
Terminal server. This appears resolved by using the latest RDP. I have not
yet tried mapping drive using RDP but they mapp using TSC usually until
entering a new session. Will RDP solve my problems or will I have to use
something like TSDropCopy?

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Automatic redirection of client drives is not a native feature of W2K
TS. You will need to use the drivemap utility from the Resource Kit
(which just automates the "net share" and "net use" commands
necessary for connecting to the client drive), or use TSDropCopy, or
an FTP client.

 

[Mike]

Where do we get this drivemap utility? (How do I get the resource kit?)

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

That should be http://www.workthin.com/tsdown.htm#ResourceKit
which points to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/hotfixe
s/drmapsrv-o.asp

Note that the only thing you can download is the hotfix to the
Resource Kit utility. You still need the original Drive Share
utility. You can buy the Resource Kit from your local vendor. I
would not spend the money, though, since you can easily fix the
exact same thing in a logon script:

on the client, share the drive, with net share
on the TS, connect to the shared drive, with net use

321711 - HOW TO: Install and Use the Drive Share Utility in
Windows 2000 Terminal Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321711

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[Guest]

Once again, I can't type... Thanks Vera.

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com

----- Vera Noest [MVP] wrote: -----

That should be http://www.workthin.com/tsdown.htm#ResourceKit
which points to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/hotfixe
s/drmapsrv-o.asp

Note that the only thing you can download is the hotfix to the
Resource Kit utility. You still need the original Drive Share
utility. You can buy the Resource Kit from your local vendor. I
would not spend the money, though, since you can easily fix the
exact same thing in a logon script:

on the client, share the drive, with net share
on the TS, connect to the shared drive, with net use

321711 - HOW TO: Install and Use the Drive Share Utility in
Windows 2000 Terminal Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321711