mapped drives keep being disconnected after logout

I know this problem has been addressed before, but I cannot find the exact
symptoms . So, here is what I have. I have two pcs running as a peer to peer
network at home. One running Windows XP Pro with SP2. The other pc is running
Windows 2000 Pro. Every time I login to the XP machine, a little icon
appears below in the taksbar and a message balloon says that the network
drives have been unable to be reconnected. I click the balloon and a window
pops up asking me to enter in the password for the administrator's login. I
do so and the drives are now remapped.

I have disconnected the drives and remapped the drives but I still get the
same symptoms. I have made sure the reconnect drives at logon check box has
been checked. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. This just started happening this
past week.

Ed Cohen | enc0hen@comcast.net

Ed Cohen <EdCohen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I know this problem has been addressed before, but I cannot find the
> exact symptoms . So, here is what I have. I have two pcs running as a
> peer to peer network at home. One running Windows XP Pro with SP2.
> The other pc is running Windows 2000 Pro. Every time I login to the
> XP machine, a little icon appears below in the taksbar and a message
> balloon says that the network drives have been unable to be
> reconnected. I click the balloon and a window pops up asking me to
> enter in the password for the administrator's login. I do so and the
> drives are now remapped.
>
> I have disconnected the drives and remapped the drives but I still
> get the same symptoms. I have made sure the reconnect drives at logon
> check box has been checked. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. This just
> started happening this past week.
>
> Ed Cohen | enc0hen@comcast.net

Did a password change anywhere? Since you're using a workgroup, you need to
provide credentials to the other computer - or yours must match credentials
on the other computer. Rather than mapping drives using Windows to remember,
them, I suggest a simple batch file -

------
if exist x: net use x: /del
net use x: \\othercomputer\sharename /userthercomputer\username
/persistent:no

[NB: if you have identical usernames/passwords on each PC you don't need the
/user switch)

if exist y: net use y: /del
net use y: \\othercomputer\sharename /persistent:no
----------

(for example).