map a drive, log out, in , drive disconnected

[Guest]

I have two XP machines one is a domain machine one is a workgroup machine.
When I map a drive from one to the other and check "reconnect at logon" and
restart the drive is disconnected. It still shows up on the machine but I
have to connect and give the password again to get it to work. Since I want
things to happen automatically at login this is too late. This happens even
if I connect as another user using the login for the host machine. I tried
creating a user account on the domain machine for the workgroup machine but I
couldn't.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chas

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have two XP machines one is a domain machine one is a workgroup
machine. When I map a drive from one to the other and check
"reconnect at logon" and restart the drive is disconnected. It
still shows up on the machine but I have to connect and give the
password again to get it to work. Since I want things to happen
automatically at login this is too late. This happens even if I
connect as another user using the login for the host machine. I
tried creating a user account on the domain machine for the
workgroup machine but I couldn't.
Any suggestions?

Run a startup script when you logon instead of trying to persistently map
things...

NET USE

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

I have two XP machines one is a domain machine one is a workgroup machine.
When I map a drive from one to the other and check "reconnect at logon" and
restart the drive is disconnected. It still shows up on the machine but I
have to connect and give the password again to get it to work. Since I want
things to happen automatically at login this is too late. This happens even
if I connect as another user using the login for the host machine. I tried
creating a user account on the domain machine for the workgroup machine but I
couldn't.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chas

Need more info, are you on a domain or in a workgroup? When you log
into windows, is the mapped drive always disconnected, or does it happen
only sporadically? When you map the network drive, are you checking the
'reconnect at login' checkbox?

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