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re: Win XP Mapped Drives Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:48 am Posted by Michelle (417 messages posted) Make sure you have "Reconnect at Logon" checked in your mapping. http://www.dummies.com/WindowsXP/0-7645-0897-0_0004.html Microsoft says it won't reconnect if the resource is offline but "Reconnect at Logon" should work just like previous versions...although I have not actually tried it yet. On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 8:46 am, jwess wrote: >When mapping network drives in Win XP, they do not automatically reconnect at startup. >The mapping is enabled at startup, but Win XP does not automatically "connect"; they >will only reconnect if you go to Explorer or you open a file on the mapped drive >via a shortcut. This is causing problems with applications (Peachtree Accounting) >which don't actually access the mapped drive when it starts, but merely checks to >see that there is an existing connection. Microsoft says the fact that the mapped >drives don't automatically reconnect is "by design" (how ignorant is that?). Does >anybody have a solution or a workaround? Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Win XP Mapped Drives Monday, November 19, 2001 at 6:05 am Posted by Josh W (3 messages posted) Yes, I have checked it to reconnect at logon. However, in Win XP, this only reestablishes the mapping of the drive when the computer restarts. The mapped drive will not actually "connect" until it is accessed. Microsoft claims it designed it this way in XP in order to reduce boot time. (Even though you waste that same amount of time manually connecting to it after booting.) On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:48 am, hollowchick wrote: >Make sure you have "Reconnect at Logon" checked in your mapping. http://www.dummies.com/WindowsXP/0-7645-0897-0_0004.html >Microsoft says it won't reconnect if the resource is offline but "Reconnect at Logon" >should work just like previous versions...although I have not actually tried it yet. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 8:46 am, jwess wrote: >When mapping network drives in Win XP, they do not automatically reconnect at startup. >The mapping is enabled at startup, but Win XP does not automatically "connect"; >they >will only reconnect if you go to Explorer or you open a file on the mapped drive >via a shortcut. This is causing problems with applications (Peachtree Accounting) >which don't actually access the mapped drive when it starts, but merely checks to >see that there is an existing connection. Microsoft says the fact that the mapped >drives don't automatically reconnect is "by design" (how ignorant is that?). Does >anybody have a solution or a workaround? Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Win XP Mapped Drives Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at 11:31 am Posted by twrazel (1 messages posted) I have a user on Windows XP that cannot map to a network drive. The message keeps appearing for the person to enter their user name and password. When she tries to put her user name and password, the error message appears "logon unsuccessful: The user name you typed is the same as the user name you logged in with. That user name has already been tried. A domain controller could not be found to verify that user name." Any suggestions? On Monday, November 19, 2001 at 6:05 am, jwess wrote: >Yes, I have checked it to reconnect at logon. However, in Win XP, this only reestablishes >the mapping of the drive when the computer restarts. The mapped drive will not actually >"connect" until it is accessed. Microsoft claims it designed it this way in XP in >order to reduce boot time. (Even though you waste that same amount of time manually >connecting to it after booting.) > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum