Windows Active Directory auto network drive mapping

Question

I am running windows server 2003 with Active Directory. I would like to know how i would go about setting it up so every User has his or her own mapped network drive that they can get to. and have it there automatically when they login to any off the PCs

Answer 1

Make a .bat file useing a text editor as such,

######START BAT FILE####

REM ** map the home drives

net use P: /delete

net use P: \\FILESERVER\%USERNAME%  (where \\fileserver is the server and share root for your users.)

#####END BAT FILE####

Put this .bat in the "C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\sysvol\DOMAIN_NAME\sc... directory on the DC. (Or it might be "C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\domain\scripts", check both)

Now in your AD Users and Computers MMC, select the user and view properties.  Click on the Profile tab, put the name of the .bat file you created in the Logon script field.

Now every time someone logs in on any computer in the domain, they will get a mapped home drive.