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#1737 - 2000-02-18 08:13 AM Z drive on 95
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Windows 95 will not map my Z drive as a department drive I can use any other drive letter besides Z and it will map the drive, I also tried adding lastdrive=z to the config.sys. Can anyone help me out with this
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#1738 - 2000-02-18 08:54 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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KiXtart automatically maps the \\SERVER\NETLOGON to z: when running a script.

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Didrik Kvist, TietoEnator.

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#1739 - 2000-02-18 09:16 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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How could I get around that because i need to map that z: as the department drive. any help or ideas would be appreciated
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#1740 - 2000-02-18 09:54 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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Hi Chris

You running Novell as well as NT by any chance?

Novell also uses z: as a search drive.

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Don Davidson
Network Engineer
http://www.insight-media.co.uk


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#1741 - 2000-02-18 09:59 AM Re: Z drive on 95
Anonymous
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Nope not using Novell just wondering if i could get kixtart to use a drive other then z: to map to netlogon
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#1742 - 2000-02-18 04:14 PM Re: Z drive on 95
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Registered: 1999-07-22
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Loc: Villawood, NSW, Australia
Kix/netlogon doesn't ALWAYS use Z: as the mapped drive to the netlogon share. It'll use whatever is the last available drive letter.
eg: I always use Z: as my CD-ROM drive letter. That way regardless of what removeable drives and partitions they have, CD installed apps always refer to Z: for alterations. (Ever got stuck with an app that wanted to make changed but couldn't access the install source because it changed?)

However, this doesn't help your problem. I've not encountered any way to direct kix to use a certain drive letter, or something other than Z:.

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Paul Moxey
POS & Senior Network Administrator
Taubmans Pty Ltd
Paul_Moxey@taubmans.com.au

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#1743 - 2000-02-18 05:23 PM Re: Z drive on 95
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Hello All,

Actually, I don't think you can blaim Kixtart for this. If I remember correctly it is an artifact of the NT Server and if it can be changed, it needs to be changed on the server.

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Regards,

Brad
Consultant
Net InfraStructure, Inc

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#1744 - 2000-02-21 07:49 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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How would you go about changing that on the server, what would I look for?
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#1745 - 2000-02-23 01:33 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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Registered: 1999-07-22
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Loc: Villawood, NSW, Australia
Brad is dead on teh mark when he says you can't blame kixtart for the Z: netlogon mapping.
Microsoft Knowledge base article Q136073 describes this.....
[url] http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q136/0/73.asp?LNG=ENG&SA=TECH&FR=1
[/url]

It's a function of the way 95 & 98 connect to the netlogon share...
As such, I see no way around it.. Perhaps you coudl call MS and try your luck with logging it as a support call, but odds on you'd get no luck. It's no a fault, it's a documented fact. Free tech support generally only works for hotfixes etc of known (or unknown) "faults/bugs".

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Paul Moxey
POS & Senior Network Administrator
Taubmans Pty Ltd
Paul_Moxey@taubmans.com.au

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Paul Moxey POS & Senior Network Administrator BarloworldCoatings (AUST) Pty Ltd

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#1746 - 2000-02-24 03:12 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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Hi all,

We're not using W9x for ages anymore, but what about the following idea:

Create your initial script LOGIN.BAT
This will be called from the Z: drive (as I understood from the info above).
In this batchfile, call another script, e.g. LOGIN2.BAT:


LOGIN.BAT:
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NET USE Y: \\SERVER\NETLOGON
Y:\LOGON2.BAT
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or

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\\SERVER\NETLOGON\LOGON2.BAT
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From this moment your not dependant of the Z: drive... even better, you must be able the delete or remap the Z: drive from the LOGIN2.BAT file!

Regards,

Marc

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M.A.C. Duiker (Marc)
Migration Specialist (MCSE)
MarcDuiker@CompuServe.com

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#1747 - 2000-02-24 03:14 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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Hi All,

There is a bit I forgot:

In this LOGIN.BAT, move away from the Z: drive!!!!
put e.g. 'C:' and 'cd \' before you call the LOGIN2.BAT

Regards,

Marc


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#1748 - 2000-02-24 09:42 AM Re: Z drive on 95
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Thanks for the idea Marc but that doesnt work either it still will not map my z drive
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#1749 - 2001-03-01 06:24 PM Re: Z drive on 95
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Chris -
how about adding a registry entry on the Win9x system from the main login script to HKLMSMWCV\Run, which will call a local batch file to map the 'Z' drive after windows is loaded and the login script has completed. I have not tested, but should work fine, in theory.
Bill

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#1750 - 2001-03-01 06:36 PM Re: Z drive on 95
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Loc: Houston TX
bleonard,

Your idea does work. I implemented such a logon script for a client of mine a few weeks ago.

It was a migration from Novell to Win2k server, and they had software hardcoded to use the z:

Bryce

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