[alexandru1900]

Hi there,

I have a network with about 30 work stations. They all have a drive P mapped
to the server (2008 R).
A few do not get connected to the mapped drive, when the users log in. It does
not happen every tine. Some are running XP SP2 some Windows 7.
When I am in the office I re-mapped them fast but when I'm not in, is a major
problem. Re-mapping requires server's user name and password, and I do not
want to share it with the office.

Any suggestions ? Maybe a script to reconnect .. ?

Thank you, for your consideration and time. Alex

[Ossian]

Is this a domain or a workgroup?
You can encrypt credentials in a script:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...1c.QMiXyXfa4aQ

[alexandru1900]

It is a domain, and the work stations that give me this problem, connect thru
remote desktop.


[QUOTE=Ossian;263272]Is this a domain or a workgroup?
You can encrypt credentials in a script:

[Ossian]

If its a domain, why do you need credentials -- just give suitable permissions on the share (NTFS AND Share Permissions) and users will automatically get access

[Kobe 310]

I feel your pain!!! Used to have that problem myself, pain in the neck, untill i did this below. This will map the drive to anyone that logs into the terminal server. You did say they logged in using remote desktop, so i'm assuming your running TS, But u still have to do what Ossian said.


Use your Domain Controller to map the drive...... If you haven't created your own GPO, then go to Default Domain Policy\User Configuration\Preferences\Window Settings\Drive Maps. If you have your own GPO, go to same location under your GPO.

Right Click and select New Mapped Drive. Map the drive in the "Location Box", and set up "Label As", just don't use A thru D sometimes E.

open up a cmd prompt, and type in gpupdate /force. Log off the terminal server users then back on.

This is how my company is set up, it's a beautiful thing!!!!

[alexandru1900]

Thanks for your input, I was trying something else, but it's not working.
I have a bat file, to run when user logs in thru TS. But it's not working.
Here is my file:
ECHO Begin Mapping Drives
net use P: \\SV2\DATAPART1 pass /USER:Administrator\SFNG.LOCAL
exit

P is the drive
SV2 server name
DATAPART1 share name
pass password
Administrator user name
SFNG.LOCAL is the domain

Originally Posted by Kobe 310

I feel your pain!!! Used to have that problem myself, pain in the neck, untill i did this below. This will map the drive to anyone that logs into the terminal server. You did say they logged in using remote desktop, so i'm assuming your running TS, But u still have to do what Ossian said.


Use your Domain Controller to map the drive...... If you haven't created your own GPO, then go to Default Domain Policy\User Configuration\Preferences\Window Settings\Drive Maps. If you have your own GPO, go to same location under your GPO.

Right Click and select New Mapped Drive. Map the drive in the "Location Box", and set up "Label As", just don't use A thru D sometimes E.

open up a cmd prompt, and type in gpupdate /force. Log off the terminal server users then back on.

This is how my company is set up, it's a beautiful thing!!!!

[uk_network]

With regards to the command to map the drive. See what happens with this below.
The @echo off will hide the rest of the command from the window, so if you test on your desktop first with a batch file then you might not want to include it.

ECHO Begin Mapping Drives
@echo off
net use P: \\SV2\DATAPART1 /USER:SFNG.LOCAL\Administrator password

[wullieb1]

I wouldn't ever add an admin account in a script for anything but testing purposes.

[Kobe 310]

You don't need a .bat file, just map the drive in the location part. ex. \\ipaddress\share

On your .bat file, you might want to try using the ip address instead of the net bios name, i have that problem ALOT!!!!


net use P: \\192.168.1.100\DATAPART1 pass /USER:Administrator\SFNG.LOCAL

In speaking about Administrators, make sure if you get it to work with the admin, you test a domain user. It may work for Admin, and then i think i have it figured out, and get bubble burst when it doesn't work for domain users because of gp policy.

[Dumber]

Just set the correct NTFS and Share permissions for the users, or better a group where the users belong to.
Using an admin account to map a drive is just nuts.