Mapped drives will not reconnect at logon - definitive answer?

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From: Paul H (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:13:39 -0000

Yes this old Chestnut!

Is this a bug? A feature? Or Bill just having a laugh?

I am using WinME as a server and WinXP Pro Clients, all clients suffer the
same symptoms.

THE PROBLEM:
I map two network drives on the XP machines to two shared folders on the
WinME Machine, when I reboot they have a red cross through the drive icon in
my computer and I have to double click the icon to reconnect the drive. Lots
of people in google groups have this exact same problem, but no one seems to
have a solution.

I have tried various things in my batch file:

net config server /autodisconnect:-1
net use y: \\IPAddress\share /persistent:no
net use y: \\MachineName\share password /user:xxx

I have allowed my Router to act as a DHCP server, I have also disabled DHCP
and then tried fixed IP addresses and NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

I tried disabling all personal firewalls

I have tried this gpedit.msc tweak "Computer Configuration\Administrative
Templates\System\Logon\ Always wait for the network at computer startup and
logon"

I have trawled google and the MS knowledgebase but I still can not find a
solution other than setting a timer to delay running my login script until
60 seconds has passed and my local area connection icon appears on the
taskbar....3..2..1.. THEN I can map my drives successfully using:

net use y: \\IPAddress\share /persistent:no

in my logon.bat file.

So is there a solution to this extremely common problem? One workaround
might be to force the network to be the first thing that loads, *before* my
AV software, scanner software, etc. then at least my countdown period would
decrease.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

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