Hi again Lara,
Sorry my internet connection has been down. Anyway, I have
looked at your
instructions on hiding drives and my question is :
Ok, I did a search for system.adm and found on my 2003 DC
server that that
file is in 25 different locations. It shows up under
c:windowsinf and
again under c:windowssysvol I'm not sure which file I should
modify. (The
file sizes are different). My senerio is that I have 2 domain
controllers,
one is 2000 and the other is 2003 server. I am using the gpmc
to change my
group policies. I just need to know for sure which system.adm
file to use
and where to copy my modified one to.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Sher
lforbes said:
> > I needed to create a folder for the user to import
and export
> > so the folder
> > is under our s: drive which is a shared folder for
public use.
> > Example:
> > s
ublicexport folder. I have the open dialog gp
set to
> > hide drives
> > because I can't figure out how to hide only certain
drives.
> > Example I need
> > to hide drives C:,P:,and M: in all areas such as
open dialog,
> > explorer, my
> > computer. Since the S: drive mapping is hidden,
the users
> > have a shortcut on
> > their desktop the serverpublic which works with
the
> > exceptions of this
> > program.
> > Sherry
> >
> > "lforbes" wrote:
> >
> > > "Sher4" wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I actually had it mapped to the share
and I was
> > getting an
> > > > error that caused
> > > > the program not to work at all so the
vendor told
> > me that it
> > > > had to be mapped
> > > > to a virtual drive and use a drive
letter. Now the
> > program
> > > > works but the
> > > > user gets the shortcut error. Maybe I
don't
> > understand what
> > > > the vendor was
> > > > talking about when they said it has to
be a virtual
> > mapping.
> > > > Sher
> > > >
> > > > "lforbes" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > >Is there a way to get rid of the
error
> > without
> > > > unhiding the mapped
> > > > > >drives?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, do the shortcut to the Share
itself
> > rather than the
> > > > Drive Letter.
> > > > > Eg. Map O: to servershare but make
the
> > shortcut to
> > > > > servershare
> > > > > I do this all the time on my network
and it
> > works great.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Lara
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > No that is right. Some software will only
run under mapped
> > drives. I
> > > am not sure why you are hidding S: though
if you have a
> > shortcut to
> > > it? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose?
Is the shortcut to
> > the share OR
> > > to the application ON the share? I run lots
of applications
> > of hidden
> > > shares and don’t get the error. Eg
shortcut is O:app.exe
> > rather
> > > than O: .
> > >
> > > You can customize what shares you want to
hide also though
> > so you can
> > > customize it to hide all mapped drives but
S:
> > >
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/windows2000
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Lara
> > >
> >Example I need to hide drives C:,P:,and M: in all
areas such as open
dialog, explorer, my computer.
Custom ADM drive hiding is easy. You just need to modify your
system.adm on ALL your DC’s and any machines that run the
adminpak.msi. It is a good idea to keep a copy of the system.adm you
modify as it is updated with an original from MS at every service pack
application.
I have directions on my website.
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/windows2000/HideDrives.htm
This the section of the adm that you have to modify. (ignore dots used
for spacing)
POLICY !!NoDrives
...EXPLAIN !!NoDrives_Help
......PART !!NoDrivesDropdown DROPDOWNLIST NOSORT REQUIRED
........VALUENAME "NoDrives"
..........ITEMLIST
.............NAME !!ABOnly VALUE NUMERIC 3
.............NAME !!COnly VALUE NUMERIC 4
.............NAME !!DOnly VALUE NUMERIC 8
".............NAME !!CPMOnly VALUE NUMERIC 36868"
.............NAME !!ABConly VALUE NUMERIC 7
.............NAME !!ABCDOnly VALUE NUMERIC 15
.............NAME !!ALLDrives VALUE NUMERIC 67108863
.............NAME !!RestNoDrives VALUE NUMERIC 0 (Default)
.........END ITEMLIST
......END PART
...END POLICY
(at end of system.adm find the Strings section) add
[strings]
CPMOnly="Hide C, P and M Drives only"
