Mapped drive reconnect at startup

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Brandon

I have mapped drives from multiple computers (both Win98
and Win2000) to a single Win2000 machine. When I mapped
the drives, I specified the correct username and password
info for each machine and marked that the drive be
reconnected at logon. Everytime I boot the machine it asks
for every username and pass for the mapped drives even
though they were specified before. Is there anyway to
setup the drives so it does not ask for the user and pass
info that it should already have?

Thanks for the help.
 
You can use a batch file that maps the drives and specifies the credentials
you want (net use x: \\server\share /user:server\username password) - I
don't think you can make the 'map network drive' feature remember the
password....

Another option would be to recreate all user logins and passwords on the
Win2k "server" so they match what the other workstations are using.
 
Not sure what you need beyond the example I typed in already :-)

net use x: \\server\share /user:\<username> <password>

where server=remote computer
share=share on remote computer
username=username on remote computer
password=password on remote computer
 
I don't know what to do with the line of text. Where do I
put that text so that it creates the mapped drive.

I know nothing about batch files.

Thanks.

Brandon
 
Open notepad. Copy & paste the text into the notepad file, changing the
names where necessary. Save it to your desktop. Rename the file from
filename.txt to filename.bat. Double click on it to run it.
 
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