GPO for My Network Places

[DonL]

We plan to have our users start utilizing "My Network Places" rather than drive mappings. I'm looking for a GPO or similar that will allow me to deploy settings for "My Network Places" throughout the domain. Many thanks for any assistance.

 

[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

Don-

What preferences were you hoping to configure?

And if you don't mind me asking, why in the world are you planning to
educate your users in this manner?

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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP

www.briandesmond.com


We plan to have our users start utilizing "My Network Places" rather than
drive mappings. I'm looking for a GPO or similar that will allow me to
deploy settings for "My Network Places" throughout the domain. Many thanks
for any assistance.

 

[DonL]

a.. Not preferences per se. There are seven or eight "Network Places" each user much have. I want an easy way to deploy them.
b.. We'll be using Windows SharePoint services extensively. Therefore, we won't be using drive mappings. You can access SharePoint sites, lists, etc. through Network Places.

 

[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

These are stored in the registry probably - fire up ntregmon from
sysinternals.com and add one and see what you see. If it's a reg key then
you can easily make a custom adm file that adds them.

Personally, I think telling your users not to map drives to network shares
is a usability issue, but, thats just me. My Network Places sucks imho.

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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP

www.briandesmond.com


a.. Not preferences per se. There are seven or eight "Network Places" each
user much have. I want an easy way to deploy them.
b.. We'll be using Windows SharePoint services extensively. Therefore, we
won't be using drive mappings. You can access SharePoint sites, lists, etc.
through Network Places.