Mapped drives to remember passwords

[Guest]

Hi all
HELP
I have a network running Win 2000 computers and have backup software that needs mapped network drives to backup the various data and when Windows 2000 is rebooted it keeps asking for the passwords of the mapped drives to be re-entered. Is there a way around this and also, is there a way i can stop win 2000 from auto-disconnecting the drives when they are not in use for a while

Thanks

 

[Vincent P. Reggiannini]

I always thought the whole idea of a file server was "centralized storage",
so that you didn't have to backup across the network. Backing up across the
network is prone to more failures due to workstations being turned off, or
going into sleep made.

That being said there is a way to write a batch file that will map network
drives with passwords.

NET USE
[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
[/SMARTCARD]
[/SAVECRED]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]

Hi all,
HELP!
I have a network running Win 2000 computers and have backup software that

needs mapped network drives to backup the various data and when Windows 2000
is rebooted it keeps asking for the passwords of the mapped drives to be
re-entered. Is there a way around this and also, is there a way i can stop
win 2000 from auto-disconnecting the drives when they are not in use for a
while.