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Win98 (first edition), ME and Netware SBS 6.5 / drives won't map

New SBS 6.5 server that maps drives fine on any of the customer's XP workstations. However, on the 98 and ME workstations, the users get dumped to the root of the DATA volume and not to their appropriate user directories. The drives say that they are mapped and the scripts run fine but the path's, when you open My Computer, show only the DATA vol not the specific user directory or document directory.

Any thoughts?

I am convincing customer to upgrade pc's to XP pro but is their any quick fix in the meantime? Clients are all upgraded to the latest revisions for the specific workstation operating systems.

Thanks.

PsiCop

Ugh. ME. Talk about garbage. But you already know that.

HOW are you mapping the drives? MAP ROOT X:=SERVER/VOLUME:USERS\USERNAME ? If not, can you post the relevant snippet of the login script?

Have you turned off the Default Login Script with the NO_DEFAULT command in the login script?

PsiCop

What versions of the client are in use in each environment?

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ShineOn

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bscott13

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Here is the login script:

NO_DEFAULT
MAP ROOT F:= EKD_OFFICE\DATA:DOCUMENT
MAP ROOT G:= EKD_OFFICE\DATA:USERS\JodeeH
MAP ROOT SEARCH1:=EKD_OFFICE\SYS:PUBLIC

Client is 3.4 for 98/ME and 4.91 SP2 for XP

PsiCop

I don't think the ROOT keyword is valid with a SEARCH drive. Certainly doesn't help anything.

PsiCop

My previous comment was NOT a solution to your issue. Still working on that.

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ShineOn

Just another thought - if your users have decided to map the drives locally using the Windows Explorer "map network drive" option, that may be overriding the login script.

ShineOn

Hey - I just had a light bulb go off!

WinNT based Windoze display mapped drives differently! If you map root on a Windows 9x box, all you see in the tree side of the Explorer screen is the drive letter and the volume name - it doesn't show you what subdirectory the drive letter is mapped to!

It's probably not a problem at all, just a difference in the way Explorer shows the mapped drives in the left-hand pane.

bscott13

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Thanks everyone...your comments got me thinking about things in a couple of different ways until I finally got the systems to work correctly. So I split points amongst the 3 most relevant suggestions.

I finally got things bandaided so that the users are working correctly for now. Convinced customer to upgrade 8 year old pc's and get rid of Win98 FIRST edition for XP Pro.

Thanks again for the input and suggestions... you all ROCK!!!

PsiCop

Just a quick question: Did you mean to have ShineOn as an Accepted and Assisted Answer? Its OK if you did, just wanted to make sure you didn't have a slip of the mouse. BTW, its OK to do that - have the same person with an Assisted and Accepted Answer - so don't think I'm saying you have to change it if that is what you intended.