Force LAN drive connect before desktop comes up?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web,microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

Try disabling Windows XP's fast logon feature - See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305293

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

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> I have 2 WinXP/SP2 machines which use data from a common network drive.
Can
> I config WinXP to reconnected the drives earlier at boot time?
>
> Both machines are configured to reconnect the network drive at logon, yet
I
> have seen evidence that the drives are reconnected fairly late in the boot
> process.
>
> The most obvious result of this is that wallpaper located in the network
> drive is not applied at boot time. That is, the desktop is shown - minus
> wallpaper - before the network drive is available. The same wallpaper
> image file, which is not automatically loaded at boot time, can be loaded
> manually once the desktop is available to the user.
>
> So... can I get the network drive to be connected earlier?
>
> Thanks.
>
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web,microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

That fixed it.

Thanks, Doug.


Doug Sherman [MVP] wrote:

> Try disabling Windows XP's fast logon feature - See:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305293
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "Spam Averse" <sgalton@galtonhelm.com> wrote in message
> news:wf7id.292768$wV.220462@attbi_s54...
>> I have 2 WinXP/SP2 machines which use data from a common network drive.
> Can
>> I config WinXP to reconnected the drives earlier at boot time?
>>
>> Both machines are configured to reconnect the network drive at logon, yet
> I
>> have seen evidence that the drives are reconnected fairly late in the
>> boot process.
>>
>> The most obvious result of this is that wallpaper located in the network
>> drive is not applied at boot time. That is, the desktop is shown - minus
>> wallpaper - before the network drive is available. The same wallpaper
>> image file, which is not automatically loaded at boot time, can be loaded
>> manually once the desktop is available to the user.
>>
>> So... can I get the network drive to be connected earlier?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Please respond to the group, not by e-mail.
>>
>
>
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> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11-1-2004

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