Mapping Drives

There sure is, Jason -

I'd fix it with a local or domain policy -

Enable the "Always wait for the network at computer
startup and logon" policy setting.

This setting is in the Computer
Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon node
of the Group Policy Object Editor (gpedit.msc)

hth -

>-----Original Message-----
>Since purchasing new machine and going to WinXP
>Professional from win2000 we are all experiencing
>problems with mapping drives. If the user logs in to
>quickly from the ctrl+alt+del screen it will not map the
>drives. Each user has a user directory on the server
>with a logon script to map a personal drive and

community

>folder on the server. Is there some sort of registry
>hack to force it to load this task first.
>.
>

I have Xp Home installed in a desktop pc and xp pro in my
laptop.

Im able to share files, map drives etc.But i just cant
see the mapped drives in explorer (xphome).when i first
map the drives i can see them in explorer , but when i
close it and reopen it the mapped drives disappear from
screen.
Even though im able to disconnect drives etc from xp home
explorer i just cant see the drives!

any thoughts anyone???

I am having an issue mapping drives from a windows xp
workstation to the windows terminal server.

Background: Windows XP workstation located in Montreal
with a VPN Connection (PPOE Internet Connection) to
Edmonton Server Windows NT Terminal Server.

The user can use ICA client to connect to server and can
also display the shares on \\172.24.1.2 but stops
responding when you try to do browse on any of the shares.
There is a Windows 98 workstation which has no problem
mapping the drive or browsing the shares on \\172.24.1.2

I can map a drive in dos to \\172.24.1.2\Data and i can
browse this mapped drive in dos with no problems.

I cannot map a drive in Windows and if i try to use the
drive i mapped in dos i get this error:

"\\172.24.1.2\Data is not accessible. You might not have
permission to use this network resource. Contact the
administrator of this server, to find out if you have
access permission.

The specified network name is no longer avialable."

I am really stuck and have no idea why it would work
properly on windows 98 and dos but not in windows xp.

Any ideas.

Using 1 98, 1 2000 and 1 xp machine is it possible to map my drives directly
to each program such as Word, Excel etc. or can I only map to My Documents
and then have to hunt from there? Thanks for any tips.

Are you saying that you want to be able to execute Word
or Excel remotly?

>-----Original Message-----
>Using 1 98, 1 2000 and 1 xp machine is it possible to

map my drives directly

>to each program such as Word, Excel etc. or can I only

map to My Documents

>and then have to hunt from there? Thanks for any tips.
>
>
>.
>

No. I keep the icons for the various programs I have installed on the Quick
Launch toolbar and I want each program to open directly to folders
associated with that program.

For instance, if I click the icon for Excel I want Excel to open to My Data
Sources instead of My Documents. Is that possible?



"Thierry Pon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:018d01c3b385$787fce90$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> Are you saying that you want to be able to execute Word
> or Excel remotly?
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Using 1 98, 1 2000 and 1 xp machine is it possible to

> map my drives directly

> >to each program such as Word, Excel etc. or can I only

> map to My Documents

> >and then have to hunt from there? Thanks for any tips.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

The only way I know of to do this is by changing the
local path of each programs in there Options menu for
each users.

I don't think there is a domain policy for default paths
of applications.

>-----Original Message-----
>No. I keep the icons for the various programs I have

installed on the Quick

>Launch toolbar and I want each program to open directly

to folders

>associated with that program.
>
>For instance, if I click the icon for Excel I want Excel

to open to My Data

>Sources instead of My Documents. Is that possible?
>
>
>
>"Thierry Pon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message

>news:018d01c3b385$787fce90$a401280a@phx.gbl...

>> Are you saying that you want to be able to execute Word
>> or Excel remotly?
>>

>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Using 1 98, 1 2000 and 1 xp machine is it possible to

>> map my drives directly

>> >to each program such as Word, Excel etc. or can I only

>> map to My Documents

>> >and then have to hunt from there? Thanks for any tips.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >

>
>
>
>.
>

This is just a 3 computer peer-to-peer network.
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:04ba01c3b390$e32c4e20$a301280a@phx.gbl...

> The only way I know of to do this is by changing the
> local path of each programs in there Options menu for
> each users.
>
> I don't think there is a domain policy for default paths
> of applications.
>
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >No. I keep the icons for the various programs I have

> installed on the Quick

> >Launch toolbar and I want each program to open directly

> to folders

> >associated with that program.
> >
> >For instance, if I click the icon for Excel I want Excel

> to open to My Data

> >Sources instead of My Documents. Is that possible?
> >
> >
> >
> >"Thierry Pon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote in message

> >news:018d01c3b385$787fce90$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> >> Are you saying that you want to be able to execute Word
> >> or Excel remotly?
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Using 1 98, 1 2000 and 1 xp machine is it possible to
> >> map my drives directly
> >> >to each program such as Word, Excel etc. or can I only
> >> map to My Documents
> >> >and then have to hunt from there? Thanks for any tips.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >

> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >