How can I Map Network Drive thru Group Policy
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:19 AMActive Directory Installed on Server 2003 enterprise, Clients are all XP pro sp2.
I have few shared folders, being used as Applications e.g. Accounts, Inventory,Payroll etc on my Server.
I have added them in respective OU, but I have to map them manually on client side.
I want these folders to map them automatically to clients when they log in. Can it be done by Group Policy ?
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:07 AM See if this helps:
http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2009/01/07/using-group-policy-preferences-to-map-drives-based-on-group-membership.aspx- Proposed As Answer by Jens Ole Kragh Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:20 PM
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:14 AM
Yes possible using a script using a logon scipts.
First make a batch file. Lets assume the you have got a shared folder called sales located on a server call server01.
\\server01\sales
so make a batch file this way.
net user z: \\server01\sales
save it.
paste the batch file on the server on the following location C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\sysvol\<domainname>\scripts.
for more information please see these links
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/how-to-setup-logon-script-on-your.html
http://www.watchingthenet.com/create-a-batch-file-to-map-drives-folders.html
http://www.amset.info/loginscripts/default.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325347
Thanks and Hope it helps
http://technetfaqs.wordpress.com- Marked As Answer by Muhammad_Rizwan_Khan Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:09 AM
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:09 AM
Thanks Khairuddin
I have also found the same from technet.
I have tested it and working OK.- Proposed As Answer by Software Help ByTapanBanned Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:12 PM
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:20 PMHi,
I would use Group Policy Preferences as Keshav states. GPPs are scipts killer number one and can be used in a Windows Server 2003 AD. All you need, is installing Client Side Extentions and a Vista or 2008 box to administer GPP from.
...and you can do much more with GPP....cool stuff!
Read more here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=42e30e3f-6f01-4610-9d6e-f6e0fb7a0790&displaylang=en
Jens Ole Kragh MCITP, MCTS, MCT http://jensolekragh.spaces.live.com/ -
Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:39 PM So are you saying that you can use the GPP's on a windows 2003 server and if so how can this be done because I would sure like to use them for drive mappings.
- Proposed As Answer by Software Help ByTapanBanned Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:12 PM
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Friday, July 17, 2009 4:58 AM
About Group Policy Preferences:
http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=42E30E3F-6F01-4610-9D6E-F6E0FB7A0790&displaylang=en
Group Policy Preference client side extensions are available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, which needs to be installed on these computers first. These new client side extensions can be configured from a computer running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. So you must have a computer running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 to configure these new settings. You can download the client side extensions from this location:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943729- Proposed As Answer by Software Help ByTapanBanned Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:12 PM
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Friday, August 14, 2009 4:03 PM Group Policy Preferences is cool stuff but I have noticed an issue with them.
My enterprise uses a lot of laptops with wireless plus remote VPN users. This makes GPP difficult from my limited testing. I'm just having a lot of issues with getting it to work with the wireless on our laptops (Lenovo's with Intel chips). For instance, drive mappings never work.
However, if you have all of your machines on a wired network it does seem to work great.- Proposed As Answer by Software Help ByTapanBanned Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:12 PM
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Friday, August 14, 2009 7:48 PM the command "net user z: \\server01\sales" looks like a typo. Should be " net use z: \\server01\sales"
- Proposed As Answer by Software Help ByTapanBanned Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:12 PM
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:07 PM
In an effort to consolidate the great troubleshooting solutions offered in this thread, we have summarized the information contained here into a Technet Wiki article at the following location:
Please feel free to provide feedback on the article at the Wiki site, or you can edit the article itself.
Thanks,
Davanand Bahall - MSFT
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:19 AMits "net use" not "net user"
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:22 PM
Also,
You can use group policy preference.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943729
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24449
http://www.gpoguy.com/Portals/0/Group%20Policy%20Preferences%20Overview.pdf
Best regards Biswajit Biswas Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. MCP 2003,MCSA 2003, MCSA:M 2003, CCNA, MCTS, Enterprise Admin -
Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:27 AM
test
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Sunday, December 23, 2012 10:45 AMIF there is 10 user in the domain i want to provide this share drive for 5 users instead of 10 user how can i do with the help of group policy
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