Windows 2000 reconnecting to mapped drives at logon....

[ssibal]

In w2k I have mapped a network drive that requires a different user and password than what I log on with. I have it set to reconnect at logon. The problem comes when I reboot my machine it always prompts for the password because it is trying to connect with the local user. How can I save the user and password in w2k?? In XP there is a box you check when first connecting to remember the user and password but there is none in w2k, anyone know of any way around this problem? I could simply create the same user on the remote machine but I should not have to! Anyone have an idea how to avoid this?

 

[richardm]

When I ran into this problem a few years back I ended up writing a batch file that used the "net" command with the required parameters, and calling that at startup. It worked okay, but wasn't a very neat solution.

 

[davidhorman]

I have a mapped drive that uses a different username/password, and it reconnects fine. When you mapped the drive, did you click on the "Connect using a different user name" link or did you just click Finish and then supply the credentials?

David

 

[ssibal]

I have a mapped drive that uses a different username/password, and it reconnects fine. When you mapped the drive, did you click on the "Connect using a different user name" link or did you just click Finish and then supply the credentials?

David

I have tried both. The former connects fine until you restart the machine and then you are prompted for the password. The latter tries to connect and prompts for the user and password (sometimes), other times it just gives and error and does not display the contents of the drive.