MysticJeff

OK, just to clarify what I did... because it was pointed out to me that it may not be clear. My configuration is 1 98SE box, 2 win2k boxes, 1 XP box ... On the XP box, I'm using an administrative account as my login [yes i know; security, blah blah]... and the same on my 2k box. Net share [sharename] /DELETE and Net Use [drive:] /DELETE this was the first thing I did for each of the drives I intended to use, to either share on or share to my XP box. IE: clear up any GUI mess ups or retentions. I then made a batch file called drives.bat - and i place a "shortcut" in my programs/startup/ folder so it loads up every time my PC boots. CR600000-A << this is the PC name for my Win2k Machine HIGHMAGUS << this is the PC name for my WinXP machine DRIVES.BAT - on XP machine ---------- NET USE X: \\CR600000-A\F /PERSISTENT:NO REM * I DO THIS FOR ALL DRIVES I WANT TO CONNECT NET SHARE C=C:\ /UNLIMITED REM * I DO THIS FOR ALL DRIVES I WANT MY XP BOX TO SHARE I've rebooted both my 2k and my xp box repeatedly and both regain their drive mappings... and I can use them after the boot. Now i haven't tested this with any of the other boxes - but i figure if it works on one box; it'll work on all 3?

One way to work around the drive share problem; is to go back to the old dos days; and write yourself a batch file where you map out the shares in there; place that batch file in your startup folder and voila. It's pretty easy and straight forward. net use x: \\server\share net share sharename=drive:path I suggest you go to run CMD and type NET SHARE HELP and NET USE HELP