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?Farley wrote:
> OK wench. That will work. I thought of that and have set it up
> seems a bit clumsy. Do you know of a smoother more sophisticated way
> to manage my net shares? possibly 3rd party program?
How clumsy is a simple batch file?
net use x: \\server\share /persistent:no
net use y: \\server\share /persistent:no
net use z: \\server\share /persistent:no
You can put it on your desktop & it shouldn't take more than a couple of
seconds to run....
>
> I'm still a bit amazed that there is no way to force Windows to stop
> waiting 10 seconds for drives that are not responding or to tell it
> to assume all net drives mapped are available until I directly
> request access
>
> Any thoughts?
Dunno - I don't use persistent mapped drives, ever. Sorry.
>
> Regards,
>
> Farley
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:eP2QdHUrEHA.3172@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> ?Farley wrote:
>>> Yup, you got it right but the solution doesn't work because I have
>>> drives mapped on my laptop for work that I can not access from home.
>>> Deleting them means I need to remap each drive every morning I go to
>>> work.
>>
>> That's what login scripts are for. Are you on a domain? If not, just
>> use a batch file on your desktop to map the drives and run it
>> manually.
>>
>> net use x: \\server\share /persistent:no
>>
>> etc.
>>
>>>
>>> There has to be a way to tell Win2000 to NOT wait for the network M
>>> drive when I ask to see the C: drive
>>
>> It's always going to check to see if all the drives/shares are
>> available.
>>>
>>> But how??
>>
>> Like I said, don't use permanent drive mappings - use a login script
>> on your domain if you have a domain, or fake it with your own batch
>> file if you don't.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> "Tech God!" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:453f01c4a569$00943ac0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> The reason for this is because currently have a drive
>>>> mapped that's no longer avaliable. When you try opening My
>>>> Computer, Explorer, or the drop down menu in a Save As
>>>> window Windows trys to reconnect the drives for some
>>>> reason and when it gets to the bad connection it waits for
>>>> the timeout and them proceeds. Check your connections
>>>> after the Explorer or My Computer shows all your drives,
>>>> and click on each one until you get an error. Disconnect
>>>> that drive and POOF, you're problem has disappeared!
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> When I try to access the directory structure of my hard
>>>> drives, I get a 10
>>>>> or 15 second pause.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I am in application and choose "save as" the screen
>>>> pops right up but if
>>>>> I click on the "save in" pull down, it freezes
>>>>>
>>>>> If I open MS Explorer, select a hard drive and double
>>>> click, there is a
>>>>> pause.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's like the PC is freezing up, the hard drive is not
>>>> accessed
>>>>>
>>>>> Any idea how to make it stop doing this?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have:
>>>>>
>>>>> Win 2000 5.00.2195
>>>>> SP 4
>>>>> Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz
>>>>> 1 gig mem
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> .
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