mapped network drives vs...

[rasczak]

i'm confused about this. i have a small win2k3 server at home, and ever time i try to map the my documents folder to my server it's doesn't stick. but when i right click on the folder and change the target it works? isn't this essentially the same thing? or am i missing something here?

 

[ktwebb]

Doesn't stick? Meaning it doesn't have the drive mapped after a reboot? make sure "reconnect at logon" is checked.

The rest I am not following. "right click on the folder and change the target "
Huh?

 

[JRock]

Originally posted by: ktwebb
Doesn't stick? Meaning it doesn't have the drive mapped after a reboot? make sure "reconnect at logon" is checked.

The rest I am not following. "right click on the folder and change the target "
Huh?

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: JRock

Originally posted by: ktwebb
Doesn't stick? Meaning it doesn't have the drive mapped after a reboot? make sure "reconnect at logon" is checked.

The rest I am not following. "right click on the folder and change the target "
Huh?

sorry, about the terrible english, I was tired and in a rush. basically, if you right click on my documents on the desktop, there is an option to change the target of the file to point to any destintination you choose, such as //server/share/joe's documents, as opposed to having the documents saved locally. my question is is this the same as mapping a network drive or is it different?
basically, I'm a little confused about teh idea of mapping a network drive and what it's true function is.

 

[blemoine]

What your talking about is called "redirecting" the my documents folder. the purpose of redirecting is this: If you have an office with 10 computers and 10 Users you redirect the "my documents" folder to a share on your server. then users save to my documents and when the nightly backup on the server runs all of there docs are backed up and you have saved alot of time and money. also if you incorporate roaming profiles with this any user can logon to any machine and docs are available with no effort on the users part to have to search for them.

Mapping a network drive is saying z: \\server\share. it is just a remembered connection. the purpose of mapped drives are: you have a network with client workstations and a file server. on the client stations you have software that runs on the local machines but pulls data from a file server so everyone can access the same data and contribute. the mapped drive is more reliable then a "unc path"

you can mapp a drive to a server z: \\server\share and then redirect your my docs to z:\share

that is i have my network setup. hope this helps