Mapped drive losing connection on reboot

[Pastore]

I have a user that keeps losing her mapped drive each time she reboots her machine. She's using a pcmcia netgear 802.11b card, win xp sp2. No one else in the workgroup has a problem with mapping this drive, and she's the only one accessing the network wirelessly. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix this problem? I have googled to no avail. Thanks!

 

[vi edit]

Hard code the mapping into the "profile" tab in her local account...assuming she is on XP Pro or Win2k anyway. Won't work under XP Home.

On her computer, go to control panel - administrative tools -> computer management -> local users/groups.

Find her user name. Double click on it. Click on the "profile" tab. In the "home folder" click the "connect to" plug in the drive letter the mapped drive should be, and then type out the path that it should map to.

Every time she logs in, it will automatically map her to that path, assuming she has access rights set up on the remote machine.

If you need to map more than one drive, you need to set up a login scipt. Again, that only works under XP Pro/Win2k.

 

[vi edit]

Also, it could be trying to create the mapping before the wireless card can authenticate with the access point.

The mapped connections are done at login while the wireless application doesn't kick off until you are completely logged in.

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Hard code the mapping into the "profile" tab in her local account...assuming she is on XP Pro or Win2k anyway. Won't work under XP Home.

On her computer, go to control panel - administrative tools -> computer management -> local users/groups.

Find her user name. Double click on it. Click on the "profile" tab. In the "home folder" click the "connect to" plug in the drive letter the mapped drive should be, and then type out the path that it should map to.

Every time she logs in, it will automatically map her to that path, assuming she has access rights set up on the remote machine.

If you need to map more than one drive, you need to set up a login scipt. Again, that only works under XP Pro/Win2k.

There's no way to send it login information? That's kind of silly.

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Also, it could be trying to create the mapping before the wireless card can authenticate with the access point.

The mapped connections are done at login while the wireless application doesn't kick off until you are completely logged in.

That actually sounds like it could be the problem. I could do a batch file but that would probably also run before the card is initialized.

 

[vi edit]

I'm just shooting in the dark. You said workgroup setup. Typically you don't push settings to a client unless you are signing into a domain.

 

[blemoine]

write a batch file to map the drives and stick it in the startup folder. or just leave it on the desktop so she can click on it after she logs in. that should work

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: Pastore

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Also, it could be trying to create the mapping before the wireless card can authenticate with the access point.

The mapped connections are done at login while the wireless application doesn't kick off until you are completely logged in.

That actually sounds like it could be the problem. I could do a batch file but that would probably also run before the card is initialized.

You could time how long it takes for the card to initialize after the desktop appears, and throw something like this into the batch file. I call it "the poor man's DOS wait command"

ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 3000 >NUL

That will ping a non-existant IP for however long you want. The 3000 is 3 seconds, and the only thing you should have to change. Obviously 30000 would be 30 seconds, etc.

 

[ktwebb]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Also, it could be trying to create the mapping before the wireless card can authenticate with the access point.

The mapped connections are done at login while the wireless application doesn't kick off until you are completely logged in.

While this is a possibility if your using XP's zero config utility then it's a service and loads before you login. If your using the cards utility then that's probably setup, or could be setup as an application and would only load when someone logs on.

 

[nweaver]

What you are looking for is Single Sign on (used with EAP/LEAP authentication). That will connect to the network when the credentials are typed in, and before your mappings.