Map drive

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Hello all,
Can someone please tell me what's the best way of mapping
a drive letter to network resource from a central
location. Is using script file in the startup/shutdown in
computer's GPO do the trict or is there a better way.
Thanks
 
I guess I should ask what you are looking for that scripts don't do for you.
I presume the answer is that code within a script isn't a policy, it's a
script! ...and the whole idea of policies is to eliminate the scripting
nightmare that existed prior to the advent of Group Policy.

The launching of the script is a policy, but the script itself isn't run as
part of policy processing and the code that exists in the script certainly
isn't policy. For example, your scripted drive mappings don't report in
RSoP or support no override, precedence, etc.

So if what you're looking for is a way to make a policy setting out of
mapping a drive, with a GUI-based set of configuration options just like
other policies, there is only one answer. The only way to map a drive
letter using Group Policy is with Policy Maker's drive map extension, part
of the Policy Maker Professional suite of 11 true Group Policy extensions.

Regards,

Eric Voskuil
Policy Maker
http://www.autoprof.com/policy
 
If you want simple mapped network drives then there are several ways to go
about this. You can use kixtart ( as already suggested by Dan - I use it in
one environment as well ), you can use the old school .bat or .cmd logon
scripts or you can use the newer .vbs scripts.

It heavily depends on what you are trying to accomplish and your network set
up. If you have all WIN2000+ clients in a WIN2000 AD environment and all
you want to do is to have mapped network drives then you can use .vbs
scripts via Group Policy. You can also just as easily use kixtart and / or
..bat/.cmd logon scripts.

If you want mapped network drives then I am not so sure that using computer
startup/shutdown scripts would be the best solution. This would have to be
done via user logon/logoff scripts.

HTH,

Cary
 
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