Re: [H] XP Pro asks for password when mapping drive
be interested in a look at the fixdrives.bat layout. Have no home boxes in shop currently but next time I have one will check it out. Never had a XP box give me that log on message when the mapped drives are offline ( other then a popup from the tray ) W2K did this and WIn98. thanks fp At 08:22 PM 7/26/2007, Tharin Olsen Poked the stick with: >I think the mapping method from My Computer that allows you to save the >name/password is present in XP Home as well as XP Professional. > >One problem with the "reconnect at logon" (persistent drive maps) option is if >the host system with the shared folders is offline Windows will show an error >box on logon that indicates the path wasnt accessible and something like an >ok/cancel choice to delete the mapped drive. The user unknowingly deletes the >drive map and then they cant get in at all until the mapped drive is >recreated. If you use a logon script with the net use command it will always >map the drive at startup and its harder for the end user to mess up something >that couldn't be fixed by a reboot. If you'd rather not run the command at >startup you could just make a batch file to run the command. Since I do work >at a lot of small offices that are just peer-to-peer its common that these >sort of quirks will occur. I will type the commands into notepad and save it >as FixDrives.bat in the %systemroot% folder of each workstation. Next time the >phone rings and I'm troubleshooting I can tell them to enter "fixdrive! s" in Run or at a command prompt. > >-Tharin O. > >FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >any idea if this works in XP Home ? > >Have never had a problem with pro, seems there is always the little check box >to remember which is NOT on home machines. I have had to do the same user/pw >on customer boxen to keep them all on their networks and figure there has to >be a way to have home remember. Some obscure tool that is not there. > >Thanks > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Without my ignorance, your knowledge would be meaningless
Re: [H] Online FTP sites
I know a lot of people who get Dreamhost accounts and use them for online backup. $9.99/mo for 14gb plus you get your own domain, webspace, email, etc. Winterlight wrote: Anybody try XDrive? It is a online FTP drive, this has been done before, but never 5GB free and 50 GB for 100 a year. Plus it is offered by AOL, which means it won't go away any time soon. I have been uploading by Data backups to my Godaddy hosted site, about 3 zip files of 6 GB , every month. But last week they told me I had a File Repository and made me remove them... which sucks since I have been doing this for 7 years without any problems. Now I am looking for a online FTP account... anybody know anything about these?
Re: [H] XP Pro asks for password when mapping drive
Tharin O., Might I contact you off-List about a problem I have with XP and its' access protocol? Best, Duncan At 23:22 07/26/2007 -0400, you wrote: I think the mapping method from My Computer that allows you to save the name/password is present in XP Home as well as XP Professional. snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] XP Pro asks for password when mapping drive
At 02:12 PM 27/07/2007, DHSinclair wrote: Tharin O., Might I contact you off-List about a problem I have with XP and its' access protocol? Duncan, how are we supposed to learn from your mistakes if you take it off list? :) T
Re: [H] Online FTP sites
Look at www.mediamax.com, www.orbitfiles.com and www.mozy.com. Mozy has unlimited storage for $5/month. On 7/26/07, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody try XDrive? It is a online FTP drive, this has been done > before, but never 5GB free and 50 GB for 100 a year. Plus it is > offered by AOL, which means it won't go away any time soon. I have > been uploading by Data backups to my Godaddy hosted site, about 3 zip > files of 6 GB , every month. But last week they told me I had a File > Repository and made me remove them... which sucks since I have been > doing this for 7 years without any problems. Now I am looking for a > online FTP account... anybody know anything about these?
Re: [H] XP Pro asks for password when mapping drive
Yes the prompting about deleting the drive maps would occur on Windows 2000/9x. There are still a lot of Windows 2000 machines in my town it seems. An example of a batch file would be something like the following <--- Begin FixDrives.bat > @echo off rem A message that is displayed while the script is processed. echo Please wait while your network drives are recreated. rem Our first command deletes any existing drive mappings net use * /delete /y rem Next we recreate the shared drives net use p: "\\computer1\public" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME net use t: "\\computer2\finance" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME net use z: "\\computer3\admin" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME < END OF FILE > real simple, right? =] Most of my batch scripts are something like above, others might be more complex containing goto statements that perform certain actions based on certain conditions. FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: be interested in a look at the fixdrives.bat layout. Have no home boxes in shop currently but next time I have one will check it out. Never had a XP box give me that log on message when the mapped drives are offline ( other then a popup from the tray ) W2K did this and WIn98. thanks fp At 08:22 PM 7/26/2007, Tharin Olsen Poked the stick with: >I think the mapping method from My Computer that allows you to save the >name/password is present in XP Home as well as XP Professional. > >One problem with the "reconnect at logon" (persistent drive maps) option is if >the host system with the shared folders is offline Windows will show an error >box on logon that indicates the path wasnt accessible and something like an >ok/cancel choice to delete the mapped drive. The user unknowingly deletes the >drive map and then they cant get in at all until the mapped drive is >recreated. If you use a logon script with the net use command it will always >map the drive at startup and its harder for the end user to mess up something >that couldn't be fixed by a reboot. If you'd rather not run the command at >startup you could just make a batch file to run the command. Since I do work >at a lot of small offices that are just peer-to-peer its common that these >sort of quirks will occur. I will type the commands into notepad and save it >as FixDrives.bat in the %systemroot% folder of each workstation. Next time the >phone rings and I'm troubleshooting I can tell them to enter "fixdrive! s" in Run or at a command prompt. > >-Tharin O. > >FORC5 wrote: >any idea if this works in XP Home ? > >Have never had a problem with pro, seems there is always the little check box >to remember which is NOT on home machines. I have had to do the same user/pw >on customer boxen to keep them all on their networks and figure there has to >be a way to have home remember. Some obscure tool that is not there. > >Thanks > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Without my ignorance, your knowledge would be meaningless
Re: [H] XP Pro asks for password when mapping drive
thanks, makes sense, I would not of thought of deleting the mapped drives first. I wonder if could be used in autoexec.nt file on boot to force net logon. Like I said sometimes xp home can be a real pain and other times it logs on even if the workgroup is different. I am still a work in progress for sure. :'( Thanks Fred At 03:21 PM 7/27/2007, Tharin Olsen Poked the stick with: >Yes the prompting about deleting the drive maps would occur on Windows >2000/9x. There are still a lot of Windows 2000 machines in my town it seems. > >An example of a batch file would be something like the following > > ><--- Begin FixDrives.bat > > >@echo off > >rem A message that is displayed while the script is processed. >echo Please wait while your network drives are recreated. > >rem Our first command deletes any existing drive mappings >net use * /delete /y > >rem Next we recreate the shared drives >net use p: "\\computer1\public" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME >net use t: "\\computer2\finance" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME >net use z: "\\computer3\admin" PASSWORD /user:USERNAME > >< END OF FILE > > >real simple, right? =] > >Most of my batch scripts are something like above, others might be more >complex containing goto statements that perform certain actions based on >certain conditions. > >FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >be interested in a look at the fixdrives.bat layout. Have no home boxes in >shop currently but next time I have one will check it out. Never had a XP box >give me that log on message when the mapped drives are offline ( other then a >popup from the tray ) W2K did this and WIn98. >thanks >fp > >At 08:22 PM 7/26/2007, Tharin Olsen Poked the stick with: >>I think the mapping method from My Computer that allows you to save the >>name/password is present in XP Home as well as XP Professional. >> >>One problem with the "reconnect at logon" (persistent drive maps) option is >>if the host system with the shared folders is offline Windows will show an >>error box on logon that indicates the path wasnt accessible and something >>like an ok/cancel choice to delete the mapped drive. The user unknowingly >>deletes the drive map and then they cant get in at all until the mapped drive >>is recreated. If you use a logon script with the net use command it will >>always map the drive at startup and its harder for the end user to mess up >>something that couldn't be fixed by a reboot. If you'd rather not run the >>command at startup you could just make a batch file to run the command. Since >>I do work at a lot of small offices that are just peer-to-peer its common >>that these sort of quirks will occur. I will type the commands into notepad >>and save it as FixDrives.bat in the %systemroot% folder of each workstation. >>Next time the phone rings and I'm troubleshooting I can tell them to enter >>"fixdriv! e! >s" in Run or at a command prompt. >> >>-Tharin O. >> >>FORC5 wrote: >>any idea if this works in XP Home ? >> >>Have never had a problem with pro, seems there is always the little check box >>to remember which is NOT on home machines. I have had to do the same user/pw >>on customer boxen to keep them all on their networks and figure there has to >>be a way to have home remember. Some obscure tool that is not there. >> >>Thanks >> > >-- >Tallyho ! ]:8) >Taglines below ! >-- >Without my ignorance, your knowledge would be meaningless > > > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- You're really hard up if you steal *this* tagline.
