losing drive mappings after reboot?

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riggor9999

Hello -

I have searched and searched and tried various things - but no luck.

I have a small home network. All the PCs are set to autologin using TweakUI
.... without passwords. I have a ZyXel NSA 220 network attached storage
device. I have created a share and it works fine. I map a drive letter -
specify user id and password - check reconnect at logon - and I can use it
right away but .... after rebooting XP Pro / SP3 ... when I try to
reconnect - I am prompted for user / password.

I have tried putting the following in the AUTOEXEC.NT file - but I am still
prompted for userid / password when I try to use the drive:

net use z: \\nsa220\private /user:nsa220\user password

This command works at the command prompt, or when run from a cmd file.

I am stumped ... how do I get this share mapped to a drive to always be
there when I reboot XP Pro SP3?

Thanks
 
T

The Real Truth MVP

Try adding the persistent :yes, statement see below.

net use z: \\nsa220\private /user:nsa220\user password /persistent:: yes


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R

riggor9999

Try adding the persistent :yes, statement see below.

net use z: \\nsa220\private /user:nsa220\user password /persistent:: yes
Click to expand...

I had it in but it did not make a difference...

I bit the bullet and created z_drive.cmd with the "net use z:
\\nsa220\private /user:nsa220\user password" and added it to the startup
folder .... it seemes to be working but I really wanted to figure out root
cause ....
 
J

John Holmes

riggor9999 "contributed" in alt.os.windows-xp:
All the PCs are set to autologin using TweakUI
... without passwords
Click to expand...

And that's exactly what causes the behaviour you encounter. To have to
get your setup working properly, you'll have to create identical user
accounts with identical passwords on all machines. When you try this with
accounts without passwords, your setup will not work. It's build in M$
"security"

Next, get rid of TweakUI.

Next, do: Start > run > control userpasswords2 [enter]
Untick the box that says "users have to enter a password", apply and then
specify the user / password that has to login automatically.

But keep in mind that autologins are a major security risk. Much better
is to login with a username and password manually.

HTH
 
R

riggor9999

John Holmes said:
riggor9999 "contributed" in alt.os.windows-xp:
All the PCs are set to autologin using TweakUI
... without passwords
Click to expand...

And that's exactly what causes the behaviour you encounter. To have to
get your setup working properly, you'll have to create identical user
accounts with identical passwords on all machines. When you try this with
accounts without passwords, your setup will not work. It's build in M$
"security"

Next, get rid of TweakUI.

Next, do: Start > run > control userpasswords2 [enter]
Untick the box that says "users have to enter a password", apply and then
specify the user / password that has to login automatically.

But keep in mind that autologins are a major security risk. Much better
is to login with a username and password manually.

HTH
Click to expand...


I know that TweakUI and not using the passwords are at the heart of the
issue ... but I this is for a small home network, wife's PC, kid's PC ... so
I am trying to keep things simple for them.

I am connected to a small ZyXel NAS 220 device with a pair of mirrored 500GB
disks. This is where everyone stores all data / files / backups / etc.
Again - keeping everything simple.

I was really curious why the net use in the AUTOEXEC.NT or the stay
connected mappings would not stick ... but the solution has been to create a
cmd script and place it in the startup folder.

If this was a business, or I was really concerned about security - I would
be doing things very differently.
 
T

The Real Truth MVP

Try asking here http://forum.zyxel.com/ or installing the latest firmware
http://www.zyxel.com/web/support_download_list.php?indexflag=20040906164737



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*WARNING* Do NOT follow any advice given by the people listed below.
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riggor9999 said:
John Holmes said:
riggor9999 "contributed" in alt.os.windows-xp:
All the PCs are set to autologin using TweakUI
... without passwords
Click to expand...

And that's exactly what causes the behaviour you encounter. To have to
get your setup working properly, you'll have to create identical user
accounts with identical passwords on all machines. When you try this with
accounts without passwords, your setup will not work. It's build in M$
"security"

Next, get rid of TweakUI.

Next, do: Start > run > control userpasswords2 [enter]
Untick the box that says "users have to enter a password", apply and then
specify the user / password that has to login automatically.

But keep in mind that autologins are a major security risk. Much better
is to login with a username and password manually.

HTH
Click to expand...


I know that TweakUI and not using the passwords are at the heart of the
issue ... but I this is for a small home network, wife's PC, kid's PC ...
so I am trying to keep things simple for them.

I am connected to a small ZyXel NAS 220 device with a pair of mirrored
500GB disks. This is where everyone stores all data / files / backups /
etc. Again - keeping everything simple.

I was really curious why the net use in the AUTOEXEC.NT or the stay
connected mappings would not stick ... but the solution has been to create
a cmd script and place it in the startup folder.

If this was a business, or I was really concerned about security - I would
be doing things very differently.
Click to expand...
 
R

riggor9999

T

The Real Truth MVP

Does that happen to all of the pc's or just one?




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*WARNING* Do NOT follow any advice given by the people listed below.
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your time.
David H Lipman, Malke, PA Bear, Beauregard T. Shagnasty, Leythos.
 
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riggor9999

The Real Truth MVP said:
Does that happen to all of the pc's or just one?
Click to expand...

All three PCs - running tweakUI with autologin and no password with XP Pro
SP3

My work laptop - that belongs to a different domain - which requires me to
login - does remember the settings.

As I said - I know this is related to the tweakUI with autologin and no
password with XP Pro SP3 and they way they are logging in ... but I would
have expected the "net use" string in the autoexec.nt would fix that ... but
I guess not because it gets executed before login.

Putting the "net use" in the startup folder works. I really don't have a
problem anymore .... just trying to 100% understand root cause.
 
R

riggor9999

Steve Urbach said:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 15:44:22 -0400, "riggor9999"
<riggor9999@nospam_yahoo.com>
wrote:


TweakUI can still Autologon with a password set, you just need to include
it
when you use TweakUI to set the autologon.
Autologon seems to cause other issues :/, like lost Volume, Network icons
in
the tool tray.
Click to expand...

Yes - many known issues with the systray icons, etc.

For a while - Autologon was sporadically not working - so the machine was
presenting a login screen ... that's when I took off the passwords.

Perhaps I really just need to have a "training session" with the wife and
kids (8 and 10) ... LOL
 

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