Workstation fails to pick up mapped drive

[speckytecky]

We have a server running SIMS in a workgroup and have currently one PC from the curriculum network which connects to it - works fine when set up.

 

I have physically mapped the drive and also set the map up as a BAT file for startup but after a reboot the mapped drive fails to show and has to be physically reset again - what am I missing:(

[kmount]

What is in the batch file?

 

How are you launching it on start up?

[rh91uk]

Try

 

net use S: /delete

 

at the beginning of the batch file.

 

Let me know how you get on, could you post a copy of the batch file?

[speckytecky]

Thanks folks. My current mapdrive.bat reads:

 

@echo off

cls

 

net use t: /d /y

 

net use t: \\****\simsdata /<***** >:<*****>

 

exit

Edited March 4, 2010 by speckytecky

[kmount]

Shove a ping -n 5 name-of-sims-server in in front of that and log the whole lot out to a text file so you can see whether it's running before the network connection is established or whatnot.

[timzim]

Also check the error logs to see why the map failed.

[glennda]

are they able to login using cached logins? if so enable wait for network at startup via gpo - you may find that they are logging in using cached settings it cannot map the drive due to the network card not being ready