Re: Can't see Local Drive or Local Printers

From: Cláudio Rodrigues (Claudio.Rodrigues_at_NOSPAM-Terminal-Services.NET)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:03:02 -0400

Local drive mapping works only when connecting to a Windows 2003 Terminal
Server. 

-- 
Cláudio Rodrigues
Microsoft MVP
Windows Technologies - Terminal Services
http://www.terminal-services.net
"Slarty Bartfast" <Slarty@Bartfast.com> wrote in message 
news:upcUhjujEHA.1348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I am just starting to use TS and can't see why my local computer and
> printers aren't seen in TS Window. I have checked the boxes to make them
> available. In the TS Help below, it implies this should be automatic.
>
> We are using TS on a Win2000 Server.
>
> ====================================
>
> With Remote Desktop Connection, your local drives are available
> automatically when you are connected to a remote computer.
>
> Within a Remote Desktop session, your local drives appear in Windows
> Explorer with the following designation:
>
> <driveletter>\ on tsclient
>
> To access local drives from a command line or a run line in a remote
> session, type:
>
> \\tsclient\<driveletter>
>
> where driveletter is the drive letter (without a colon) of the local 
> drive.
>
> Notes
>
>  a.. Depending on your network policies, automatic drive mapping might be
> disabled for some or all computers on your network. To ensure that Remote
> Desktop Connection is configured to map local drives, see To make local 
> disk
> drives available in a session.
>  b.. Automatic drive mapping is not available when you are connecting to a
> terminal server running Windows 2000 or earlier.
>
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Slarty Bartfast
>
>
>

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