XP drive mapping woes...

[alvinloo]

I have 2 Win2k servers and 1 NT4 server on my network and a couple of WinXP Home in some of my user's desktop.

Whenever I do a network drive mapping in those WinXP machines, say Z: to "\\someserver", it'll always ask for username and password. I understand the need for it but the problem is that everytime my WinXP users boot up their system, the mapped network drive could not be restored, they have this little crossed icon on their Z: drive. Then I'll have to go to individual machine, doubleclick on the disconnected mapped drive and type in the administrator's username and password for it to be mapped back again.

However, there are some users which do not have this problem at all. When they boot up their WinXP Home Edition, the mapped Z: which I did for them would still be there.

I've tried make the settings for TCP/IP to be exactly the same. However it still doesn't work. Any kind soul please advise? Thanks...

[Rimi]

What you could do is add their username and password to the server at the directory that they need to map to. Create a group of user accounts on the server and enable this group to have access the the server directory. That way when the user logs in on their PC using their local logon, the mapped drives will remain since they are "valid users" of that mapping. That will also prevent them from mapping to other directories (since the admin account on the server will allow that).

[alvinloo]

Thanks for the reply. I'll try to see if it worked, thanks a million!