XP logon script drive map timing question

From: Dave Patterson <davep_at_cpsma.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:30:01 -0800

Hello,

Our XP clients currently login both to Novell Netware 6.5 & Windows 2003
domains. The clients have several important parts of their file system
redirected to drives mapped to novell shares (my documents, profiles
etc). I would like to migrate off of Novell in phases, so I am
experimenting with mapping the redirected files to Windows 2003 file
servers shares, but I am running into a timing problem. My AD logon
script is mapping a drive to the new windows file server where several
roaming profile items are stored, but 70% or so of the time the XP shell
loads first and complains that the drive path is missing. When I look
into the Windows Explorer, the drive map is there and available. Files
added to the desktop show up in the redriected folder on the mapped
drive and vice verse, but the files already there don't show on the
desktop and error messages appear. 30% or so of the time, the drive
letter manages to map before the OS goes looking for it.

I'd like to compel the XP clients to wait for the drive mapping to
finish before looking for the redirected desktop files etc. Any tips?
Thank you in advance.

-- 
Regards,
Dave Patterson
Systems Administrator
Cal Performances & Student Musical Activities
U.C. Berkeley 
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