1. vista issue
I have a program on workstations that checks a mapped "Z" drive to the server
to check for any software changes during booting. If found, it copies them to
the workstation. This works fine for XP but the boot up process on Vista
says it cannot find the link. Anyone know how to solve this? The link exists
after bootup but apparently not during the boot.
2. Re: vista issue
George Walters wrote:
>
> I have a program on workstations that checks a mapped "Z" drive to the server
> to check for any software changes during booting. If found, it copies them to
> the workstation. This works fine for XP but the boot up process on Vista
> says it cannot find the link. Anyone know how to solve this? The link exists
> after bootup but apparently not during the boot.
Try UNC pathing. Instead of copy z:\*.dat c:\files\, use
copy \\some_other_server\*.dat c:\files\. If you're using Active Directory,
make sure the computers have access to the network folder and not just the
users.
3. Re: vista issue
Not sure this would work. I'm using a modified version of Rob's qbackup.exw.
It's modified to work backwards as a restore of changed files only. I can't
copy the entire contents (100MB), only items that have changed and his
qbackup does a nice of job of that... but I can't grt Vista to see the "Z" drive
during bootup.
4. Re: vista issue
Hi
I have come across a similar problem before on xp, when I
was mapping a drive at bootup. I think its something to do with the 'random'
order of startup programs running.
I tried two ways to resolve it - either to write a small script to keep
trying for a standard file that I knew would be there, or to write a delay
program that only started after, for instance 60 seconds. As far as I remember
both solutions worked, but we then moved onto something else.
Chris
5. Re: vista issue
ChrisBurch3 wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have come across a similar problem before on xp, when I
> was mapping a drive at bootup. I think its something to do with the 'random'
> order of startup programs running.
>
> I tried two ways to resolve it - either to write a small script to keep
> trying for a standard file that I knew would be there, or to write a delay
> program that only started after, for instance 60 seconds. As far as I remember
> both solutions worked, but we then moved onto something else.
>
> Chris
i had a similar problem and used this bat file to force drive mapping.
i call it using system or system_exec and the mappings hold for me.
your mileage may vary.
rem storage server goes here
net use z: \\img-ABCDEF002\storage$ persistent:yes
Yours, OtterDad
Don't sweat it -- it's not real life. It's only ones and zeroes. Gene Spafford
6. Re: vista issue
- Posted by George Walters <gwalters at sc.??.com>
Jan 22, 2008
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Last edited Jan 23, 2008
Thanks, I'l give that a try.
7. Re: vista issue
I found this link but not sure what it's saying or how to use this info.
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=39
8. Re: vista issue
George Walters wrote:
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> I found this link but not sure what it's saying or how to use this info.
>
> <a
> href="http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=39">http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=39</a>
Much of this article is not relevant to your problem, but some is. What it is
saying is that XP and later OS's by default do not wait for network
initialization during bootup. This improves bootup performance but can cause
problems in some cases, such as yours. You can use the group policy editor
(gpedit.msc) to change this behaviour as described in the article. If the
workstations are not part of a domain this would have to be done on each
computer. If they are members of a domain (Windows 2003 Server or later) the
policy would best be defined in Active Directory.
Larry Miller
9. Re: vista issue
George Walters wrote:
>
> I have a program on workstations that checks a mapped "Z" drive to the server
> to check for any software changes during booting. If found, it copies them to
> the workstation. This works fine for XP but the boot up process on Vista
> says it cannot find the link. Anyone know how to solve this? The link exists
> after bootup but apparently not during the boot.
George:
Don't your users have to LOGIN before using their workstation ?
If so why not check drive Z: during a their log-in script.
Also maybe you could use rundll32.exe to execute a script at startup
the drives maybe available at the time that this would execute.
Bernie
My files in archive:
WMOTOR, XMOTOR, W32ENGIN, MIXEDLIB, EU_ENGIN, WIN32ERU, WIN32API
Can be downloaded here:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan
10. Re: vista issue
Makes more sense not that I've looked at gpedit.msc...thanks
11. Re: vista issue
Hmm, this sounds like another option to try. Thanks
