Reconnecting network drives problem

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Pete Boyd

Hi All,

My XP Pro workstation is a member of an NT4 domain where I authenticate and
map drives.
I also map a drive to another server which is in a Win2003 Active Directory.
I have the same username on my NT domain and the AD but different passwords.

When I log in, my 'local' network drives reconnect automatically but not the
one on the Win2003 server. Instead I get the popup in the system tray "Could
not reconnect network drives....". If I go into explorer and attempt to
access the disconnected drive, it prompts for my credentials then
reconnects. Can I get this to prompt me when I log in like NT4 used to
instead of putting me into Windows then notifying me it's failed to
reconnect?
I suspect the problem occurs due to the different passwords but conflicting
password policies prevent me from having the same passwd on both systems.

TIA
Pete
 
Well, you should be able to get it to not prompt you at all by supplying the
correct credentials as part of the script:

net use x:: \\ServerOrIPaddress\share /USER:<username>@domain.com <password>

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 

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