RE: Force the mapping of local drives?

From: Patrick Rouse (PatrickRouse_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 06:37:01 -0800

I think what was asked is if there was a way to force it to stay enabled,
i.e. so users can't accidentally uncheck the option on their RDP client.
Perhaps they ave an application that needs to write to the remote client's C
drive.

"Frances [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Good to hear from you.
>
> According to your post, I understand you want to map local drives from the
> RDP clients.
>
> What Terminal Services do you have?
>
> By default, Windows 2003 Terminal Services has this feature.
>
> Windows 2000 Terminal Services doesn't have this feature. When you use
> Windows 2000 Terminal Services with a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client
> computer, client-side drive redirection is not available by default.
>
> You can use the Drive Share tool that is included with the Microsoft
> Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit to automatically make client disks
> available in a Terminal Services client session. This tool is only
> supported on Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 clients.
>
> For more information, please refer to the following articles.
>
> 321711 HOW TO: Install and Use the Drive Share Utility in Windows 2000
> Terminal
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321711
>
> 272519 How to Redirect a Client Drive in Terminal Services
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272519
>
> 244725 Using Drive Share with Terminal Services
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=244725
>
>
> Hope this helps. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to get
> in touch!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Frances He
>
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