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Net use command in Windows NT 4
Dear all experts,
I've some question regarding the net use command in Windows NT4, please kindly advice:
Currently I've 10 NT 4 Workstations and 60 Windows 2000 Professional clients, both of the computers are joinned in my Windows 2003 Active Directory. I've made a login script for my client to map the network drive when they login to the network, the script is as follow:
Net Use H: \\Server1\Data > Nul
Net Use I: \\Server1\Data\Application > Nul
Net Use J: \\Server1\Data\Application \New > Nul
Net Use K: \\Server1\Document > Nul
Net Use L: \\Server1\Document\IT > Nul
Net Use M: \\Server1\Document\Human > Nul
Where \\Server\Data and \\Server1\Document are the share folder in my network.
And Application is the subfolders under "Document" share
When the clients login on the Windows 2000 Professional machine, it can map all the network drives (H, I, J, K, L, M). However, when the clients login on the Windows NT4 workstatoin, it can mapped to H and K drive. I think the problem is the net use command provided by Windows NT4 cannot map to network share folder directly.
Therefore, can any experts tell me how to override the above problem. How do I re-write my login script? Please advice.
Futhermore, I would like to know how to detemind the OS version in login script.
Thounsand Thanks!
Regards
I've some question regarding the net use command in Windows NT4, please kindly advice:
Currently I've 10 NT 4 Workstations and 60 Windows 2000 Professional clients, both of the computers are joinned in my Windows 2003 Active Directory. I've made a login script for my client to map the network drive when they login to the network, the script is as follow:
Net Use H: \\Server1\Data > Nul
Net Use I: \\Server1\Data\Application
Net Use J: \\Server1\Data\Application
Net Use K: \\Server1\Document > Nul
Net Use L: \\Server1\Document\IT > Nul
Net Use M: \\Server1\Document\Human > Nul
Where \\Server\Data and \\Server1\Document are the share folder in my network.
And Application is the subfolders under "Document" share
When the clients login on the Windows 2000 Professional machine, it can map all the network drives (H, I, J, K, L, M). However, when the clients login on the Windows NT4 workstatoin, it can mapped to H and K drive. I think the problem is the net use command provided by Windows NT4 cannot map to network share folder directly.
Therefore, can any experts tell me how to override the above problem. How do I re-write my login script? Please advice.
Futhermore, I would like to know how to detemind the OS version in login script.
Thounsand Thanks!
Regards
For determining OS here is a vbscript:
'========= Declarations =================
Option Explicit
'Define variables
Dim sOStype
Dim iRetVal
'========= Main code =================
'Display a string for OS type rather than a number
iRetVal = GetOSType
Select Case iRetVal
Case 0
sOStype = "Not found"
Case 1
sOStype = "Windows 95"
Case 2
sOStype = "Windows 98"
Case 3
sOStype = "Windows Me"
Case 4
sOStype = "Windows NT"
Case 5
sOStype = "Windows 2000"
Case 6
sOStype = "Windows XP"
End Select
msgbox(sOStype)
'========= Procedures and functions ==============
Function GetOSType
'Declare local variables
Dim sOSType 'Temp variable to store values from registry
Dim oWshShell 'Needs the Shell object to access registry
'Initialize
Set oWshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScr ipt.Shell" )
GetOSType = 0
'Get OS Info from registry
On Error Resume Next
'Initially assume Win9x platform
sOSType = oWshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SO FTWARE\Mic rosoft\Win dows\Curre ntVersion\ Version")
If sOSType = Empty Then
'If variable still empty then NT platform is used
'Read version from registry to find type of NT platform
' "CurrentVersion"="4.0"
' "CurrentVersion"="5.0"
sOSType = Trim(oWshShell.RegRead("HK LM\SOFTWAR E\Microsof t\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentV ersion"))
If sOSType = "5.1" Then
'Windows XP
GetOSType = 6
ElseIf sOSType = "5.0" Then
'Windows 2000
GetOSType = 5
ElseIf sOSType = "4.0" Then
'Windows NT 4.0
GetOSType = 4
End If
Else
'Find type of Win9x platform
' "Version"="Windows 98"
' "Version"="Windows 95"
' "Version"="Windows Millennium Edition"
If InStr(1,sOSType,"Millenniu m Edition",1) > 0 Then
'Windows Me
GetOSType = 3
ElseIf InStr(1,sOSType,"98",0) > 0 Then
'Windows 98
GetOSType = 2
ElseIf InStr(1,sOSType,"95",0) > 0 Then
'Windows 95
GetOSType = 1
End If
End If
On Error Goto 0
'Clean up
Set oWshShell = Nothing
End Function
'========= Declarations =================
Option Explicit
'Define variables
Dim sOStype
Dim iRetVal
'========= Main code =================
'Display a string for OS type rather than a number
iRetVal = GetOSType
Select Case iRetVal
Case 0
sOStype = "Not found"
Case 1
sOStype = "Windows 95"
Case 2
sOStype = "Windows 98"
Case 3
sOStype = "Windows Me"
Case 4
sOStype = "Windows NT"
Case 5
sOStype = "Windows 2000"
Case 6
sOStype = "Windows XP"
End Select
msgbox(sOStype)
'========= Procedures and functions ==============
Function GetOSType
'Declare local variables
Dim sOSType 'Temp variable to store values from registry
Dim oWshShell 'Needs the Shell object to access registry
'Initialize
Set oWshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScr
GetOSType = 0
'Get OS Info from registry
On Error Resume Next
'Initially assume Win9x platform
sOSType = oWshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SO
If sOSType = Empty Then
'If variable still empty then NT platform is used
'Read version from registry to find type of NT platform
' "CurrentVersion"="4.0"
' "CurrentVersion"="5.0"
sOSType = Trim(oWshShell.RegRead("HK
If sOSType = "5.1" Then
'Windows XP
GetOSType = 6
ElseIf sOSType = "5.0" Then
'Windows 2000
GetOSType = 5
ElseIf sOSType = "4.0" Then
'Windows NT 4.0
GetOSType = 4
End If
Else
'Find type of Win9x platform
' "Version"="Windows 98"
' "Version"="Windows 95"
' "Version"="Windows Millennium Edition"
If InStr(1,sOSType,"Millenniu
'Windows Me
GetOSType = 3
ElseIf InStr(1,sOSType,"98",0) > 0 Then
'Windows 98
GetOSType = 2
ElseIf InStr(1,sOSType,"95",0) > 0 Then
'Windows 95
GetOSType = 1
End If
End If
On Error Goto 0
'Clean up
Set oWshShell = Nothing
End Function
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Or try
subst J: \\Server1\Data\Application \New > Nul
iirc this works on NT4, but I'm a bit rusty.
subst J: \\Server1\Data\Application
iirc this works on NT4, but I'm a bit rusty.
then update the script to read:
Net Use H: \\Server1\Data > Nul
Net Use I: \\Server1\Application > Nul
Net Use J: \\Server1\New > Nul
Net Use K: \\Server1\Document > Nul
Net Use L: \\Server1\IT > Nul
Net Use M: \\Server1\Human > Nul