Well, Kix IS the best login scripting tool on the planet.. (maybe the galaxy?) but-

You don't seem to be doing anything too complex yet, so let's fix the BAT problem first.

You're probably getting the Error 85 - Resource Already In Use because users have mapped their own connections using the drive letters you're defining. It's also possible that you're getting the error because the drives you've mapped are already present. (known as "Persistent Connections")

There's two approaches to making sure user-mapped shares don't interfere with login script mappings - remove them all, or remove only the ones you're going to use.

Removing them all is fast and easy:
code:
 net use * /delete
inserted before you perform any NET USE commands, but is the fast road to making your users hate you! (yeah - feel the power!!)

A nicer approach, but a bit more work for you, is:
code:
 
net use T: /delete
net use T: \\smbserver\share1
net use U: /delete
net use U: \\smbserver\share2
and so on.. This avoids removing other shares that users have defined. Of course, option 1 is best when you want users to use ONLY the shares set up by the admin (you) in a login script. They will get tired of re-connecting their own shares after you delete them at every login!

Kix is wonderful when it comes to special mappings, like connecting to a share only when a user is a member of a particular group. Make the quick fix to your batch file and keep the users quiet while you experiment with Kix scripts.. When I was learning kix, I defined MY profile's login script to run Kix and everyone else's to run a simple BAT.

To underscore the power of Kix, consider that I've developed a login script that hasn't had a code modification since August 1999 - and yet it's been installed at over 40 customers with multiple sites. It uses an INI file to define drive and printer mappings, along with a few other settings. Even supports detection of applications and installs them on first Admin run if they aren't present. BUT - my first script started out as a replacement for one much like your batch file.

BTW - I still use this original script at home to control what my kids have access to on the LAN. [Wink]

Glenn
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