Wireless Mapped Drives

[Guest]

On boot, my machine attempts to map some drives after I log-in.

The log-in process is halted until I press the "cannot map drive at the
moment" type message (normally whilst I'm away waiting from the machine!)
because my wireless connection is controlled by third party software that
can only start _after_ log-in.

Since I'm on a wireless connection that clearly doesn't kick-in until a good
20 seconds after log-in, what can I do to prevent the log-in mapped drive
message from appearing? I know I can unmap and re-map each time I boot - but
that's just silly.

Does anyone have any idea to prevent this annoyance (apart from getting a
wired connection)?

 

[DanS]

On boot, my machine attempts to map some drives after I log-in.

The log-in process is halted until I press the "cannot map drive at
the moment" type message (normally whilst I'm away waiting from the
machine!) because my wireless connection is controlled by third party
software that can only start _after_ log-in.

Since I'm on a wireless connection that clearly doesn't kick-in until
a good 20 seconds after log-in, what can I do to prevent the log-in
mapped drive message from appearing? I know I can unmap and re-map
each time I boot - but that's just silly.

Of the top of my head, not necessarily silly, depends on how you do it.

You could create a .bat file that runs the 'net use' command to map the
drive and just place it on the desktop.

After startup and the network is up, simply dbl-click.

 

[Jay Somerset]

Of the top of my head, not necessarily silly, depends on how you do it.

You could create a .bat file that runs the 'net use' command to map the
drive and just place it on the desktop.

After startup and the network is up, simply dbl-click.

That's what I do, but I place the shortcut to the .bat file in "Quick
Launch" so it only takes 1 click.
-Jay-

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

That's what I do, but I place the shortcut to the .bat file in "Quick
Launch" so it only takes 1 click.
-Jay-

If you delay the "net use" command by 40 seconds then you
can eliminate the single click too . . .

@echo off
ping localhost -n 41 > nul
net use . . .

 

[Jay Somerset]

If you delay the "net use" command by 40 seconds then you
can eliminate the single click too . . .

@echo off
ping localhost -n 41 > nul
net use . . .

Forgot about that trick. I actually have a "sleep" .bat file that does
exactly that! But then, I only use Net Use to map drives from my laptop, so
I invoke it manually.

Just proves that there are usually several ways to do just about anything.

-Jay-

 

[Guest]

@echo off
Great work guys! Thanks very much for the conclusion.

Just proves that there are usually several ways to do just about anything.

-Jay-

I couldn't agree more!

Thanks all : )