Not really repair but.....

[Sam Goldwasser]

But probably something that you guys would know.

How do I get WIN2000 to retain mapped network drives after reboot without
error messages if the remote system is off?

I know you can answer "yes" and "don't show any other error messages" (or
something along those lines) when it complains but I don't want to see the
error messages or have to respond to them at all. In Win98 there is something
called "quick login" for the Client for Microsoft Network which bypasses the
attempt at boot time. But it doesn't appear to be present for WIN2000.
Here is Win95/98/ME info:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/msnetreb.htm on this topic.

Sorry for the off-topic post.

Thanks.

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[Ken Weitzel]

But probably something that you guys would know.

How do I get WIN2000 to retain mapped network drives after reboot without
error messages if the remote system is off?

I know you can answer "yes" and "don't show any other error messages" (or
something along those lines) when it complains but I don't want to see the
error messages or have to respond to them at all. In Win98 there is something
called "quick login" for the Client for Microsoft Network which bypasses the
attempt at boot time. But it doesn't appear to be present for WIN2000.
Here is Win95/98/ME info:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/msnetreb.htm on this topic.

Sorry for the off-topic post.

Thanks.

Hi Sam...

Go to Windows explorer - tools - map network drive. There you'll
find a list of all the mapped drives.

For each of them there'll be a check box beside "reconnect
at log on" Un-check each of them.

Take care.

Ken

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

Hi Sam...

Go to Windows explorer - tools - map network drive. There you'll
find a list of all the mapped drives.

For each of them there'll be a check box beside "reconnect
at log on" Un-check each of them.

Hi.

Doesn't that just mean that they will disappear totally the next time?

If you uncheck that similar box when mapping the drives, I believe that's
what happens.

Thanks.

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[Ken Weitzel]

Hi.

Doesn't that just mean that they will disappear totally the next time?

If you uncheck that similar box when mapping the drives, I believe that's
what happens.

Hi Sam...

Nope, it just means that windows won't check them when
it boots. They'll still work exactly as before, except
they won't be checked until you actually try to access them.

Give it a try, let me know how it works

Ken

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

Hi Sam...

Nope, it just means that windows won't check them when
it boots. They'll still work exactly as before, except
they won't be checked until you actually try to access them.

Give it a try, let me know how it works

Tried that. They already were unchecked. But when booting, it tried to
restore them anyway and produced errors at boot. When I said "Do not restore
in the future", the drive letters disappeared.

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[Sam Goldwasser]

Hi Sam...

Nope, it just means that windows won't check them when
it boots. They'll still work exactly as before, except
they won't be checked until you actually try to access them.

Give it a try, let me know how it works

Ken

According to http://www.wown.com/articles_tutorials/nt4rbmap.html

there may be no solution in WIN2000 that eliminates the error message.

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[Sam Goldwasser]

Hi Sam...

Arghhhh, I misled you. Truly, truly sorry. I do exactly
what it is that you want to do, but gave you the wrong
proceedure. If it's any excuse, I'm old and stroke damaged.
Meant you no harm, I promise.

Looked at mine again, if you'll give me one more chance, here's
the correct and verified way to accomplish it.

First, leave the previous checkbox checked, as you learned
the hard way.

Next, control panel. Click networking. The configuration
tab should be default, if not select it. Highlight Client for
Microsoft windows, or Windows logon; whichever you use.
Should be the top entry in the pane.

Now click properties. See the screen snapshot below.
If you can't see it, then the lower frame shows the option
for a "quick logon", check that.

That works in Win95/98/ME but Client for Microsoft Networks does not have
the "quick login" option in my version at least of WIN2000! Arrrrrgh

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[JW]

According to http://www.wown.com/articles_tutorials/nt4rbmap.html

there may be no solution in WIN2000 that eliminates the error message.

Hi Sam, would this be of use?
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/38952/pg/2/2.html

You could create a .cmd script (batch file to you oldbies) to re-connect
your drive(s) that would initiated from a shortcut placed on your desktop.
In addition, turning off the re-connect at logon would allow your PC to
boot faster, especially if the drives you connect to aren't yet ready to
be accessed.

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

Hi Sam, would this be of use?
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/38952/pg/2/2.html

Unfotunately, that article also doesn't address the error message issue.

You could create a .cmd script (batch file to you oldbies) to re-connect
your drive(s) that would initiated from a shortcut placed on your desktop.
In addition, turning off the re-connect at logon would allow your PC to
boot faster, especially if the drives you connect to aren't yet ready to
be accessed.

This would be a soluteion if only I knew something about .cmd format!

Thanks.

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[JW]

Unfotunately, that article also doesn't address the error message issue.

You'd need to turn off re-connection at logon, that way there'd be no
error message, Sam.

This would be a soluteion if only I knew something about .cmd format!

It's just a text file you create using notepad. They're the Windows
equivalent to an MS-DOS based .bat file. Are you familiar with those?
Take the first example they give you:
net use d: \\BigServer\DataFiles

Open Notepad, paste or type the text "net use d: \\BigServer\DataFiles"
then save the file in plain text - instead of naming it "whatever.txt",
name it "whatever.cmd" and save it to your desktop. Clicking on the icon
will now connect you to your drives.

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

You'd need to turn off re-connection at logon, that way there'd be no
error message, Sam.

But then they are not accessible anymore - the red crossed out drives
don't appear and the path is no longer there.

It's just a text file you create using notepad. They're the Windows
equivalent to an MS-DOS based .bat file. Are you familiar with those?
Take the first example they give you:
net use d: \\BigServer\DataFiles

Open Notepad, paste or type the text "net use d: \\BigServer\DataFiles"
then save the file in plain text - instead of naming it "whatever.txt",
name it "whatever.cmd" and save it to your desktop. Clicking on the icon
will now connect you to your drives.

That worked great. Thank you!

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[JW]

[...]

Open Notepad, paste or type the text "net use d: \\BigServer\DataFiles"
then save the file in plain text - instead of naming it "whatever.txt",
name it "whatever.cmd" and save it to your desktop. Clicking on the icon
will now connect you to your drives.

That worked great. Thank you!

You're welcome!