mapping drive from 98 in domain to 2000 box in workgroup

Hello all,
I need to map a drive from several 98 workstations that are part of a domain
environment to a share on a 2k server that is in a workgroup. I have not
found a way to map the drive using a different username. Windows 98 assumes
the username that is currently logged on when attempting to map a drive.
Unless i have that same username and password on the 2k server, it is
obviously not going to work. As the 98 workstations are in a domain
environment, they will likely run up against forced password changed
depending on the domain policies in effect. This presents a high maintenance
situation. There are 3 locations with 98 workstations and each location is a
separate domain. If it were only 1 domain, I could join our application
server to it and problem over... no such luck! I guess I am looking for a
registry hack that will allow the use of a different username when mapping a
drive to the 2k server. Under normal circumstances, on customer machines, I
put a batch file in the startup folder on client machines. "net use Q:
\\serverIP\sharename password /user:username /persistent:no" This allows use
of the application on the 2k server by clients not part of the same workgroup
because credentials have been established. I hope this makes sense and that
someone can enlighten me...I have not been able to find the answer...hope
there is one!
Thanks in advance.

There is no way to specify a different username when mapping from a Windows
98 computer to a Windows 2000 computer.

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"autoadmin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:84494860-5804-4EC7-9FE8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello all,
> I need to map a drive from several 98 workstations that are part of a
> domain
> environment to a share on a 2k server that is in a workgroup. I have not
> found a way to map the drive using a different username. Windows 98
> assumes
> the username that is currently logged on when attempting to map a drive.
> Unless i have that same username and password on the 2k server, it is
> obviously not going to work. As the 98 workstations are in a domain
> environment, they will likely run up against forced password changed
> depending on the domain policies in effect. This presents a high
> maintenance
> situation. There are 3 locations with 98 workstations and each location is
> a
> separate domain. If it were only 1 domain, I could join our application
> server to it and problem over... no such luck! I guess I am looking for a
> registry hack that will allow the use of a different username when mapping
> a
> drive to the 2k server. Under normal circumstances, on customer machines,
> I
> put a batch file in the startup folder on client machines. "net use Q:
> \\serverIP\sharename password /user:username /persistent:no" This allows
> use
> of the application on the 2k server by clients not part of the same
> workgroup
> because credentials have been established. I hope this makes sense and
> that
> someone can enlighten me...I have not been able to find the answer...hope
> there is one!
> Thanks in advance.

I was kind of hoping that the answer you gave wasn't going to appear but...I
was fully expecting it!
So if you understand what i am trying to do, do you have any alternative
suggestions?
Forgive me. but I am reaching for straws here...I have a multi location
customer that requires use of a hosted database and web server that has still
got many windows 98 workstations in their organization.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> There is no way to specify a different username when mapping from a Windows
> 98 computer to a Windows 2000 computer.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "autoadmin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:84494860-5804-4EC7-9FE8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello all,
> > I need to map a drive from several 98 workstations that are part of a
> > domain
> > environment to a share on a 2k server that is in a workgroup. I have not
> > found a way to map the drive using a different username. Windows 98
> > assumes
> > the username that is currently logged on when attempting to map a drive.
> > Unless i have that same username and password on the 2k server, it is
> > obviously not going to work. As the 98 workstations are in a domain
> > environment, they will likely run up against forced password changed
> > depending on the domain policies in effect. This presents a high
> > maintenance
> > situation. There are 3 locations with 98 workstations and each location is
> > a
> > separate domain. If it were only 1 domain, I could join our application
> > server to it and problem over... no such luck! I guess I am looking for a
> > registry hack that will allow the use of a different username when mapping
> > a
> > drive to the 2k server. Under normal circumstances, on customer machines,
> > I
> > put a batch file in the startup folder on client machines. "net use Q:
> > \\serverIP\sharename password /user:username /persistent:no" This allows
> > use
> > of the application on the 2k server by clients not part of the same
> > workgroup
> > because credentials have been established. I hope this makes sense and
> > that
> > someone can enlighten me...I have not been able to find the answer...hope
> > there is one!
> > Thanks in advance.
>
>
>

Yep, I know your pain. I also used to support Win98 clients on a domain who
needed to access off-domain resources using a different username, the only
satisfactory solution I found was to bring all network servers into the
domain as well.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
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* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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"autoadmin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2A939E69-F246-457F-969E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I was kind of hoping that the answer you gave wasn't going to appear
>but...I
> was fully expecting it!
> So if you understand what i am trying to do, do you have any alternative
> suggestions?
> Forgive me. but I am reaching for straws here...I have a multi location
> customer that requires use of a hosted database and web server that has
> still
> got many windows 98 workstations in their organization.
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> There is no way to specify a different username when mapping from a
>> Windows
>> 98 computer to a Windows 2000 computer.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
>> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "autoadmin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:84494860-5804-4EC7-9FE8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hello all,
>> > I need to map a drive from several 98 workstations that are part of a
>> > domain
>> > environment to a share on a 2k server that is in a workgroup. I have
>> > not
>> > found a way to map the drive using a different username. Windows 98
>> > assumes
>> > the username that is currently logged on when attempting to map a
>> > drive.
>> > Unless i have that same username and password on the 2k server, it is
>> > obviously not going to work. As the 98 workstations are in a domain
>> > environment, they will likely run up against forced password changed
>> > depending on the domain policies in effect. This presents a high
>> > maintenance
>> > situation. There are 3 locations with 98 workstations and each location
>> > is
>> > a
>> > separate domain. If it were only 1 domain, I could join our application
>> > server to it and problem over... no such luck! I guess I am looking for
>> > a
>> > registry hack that will allow the use of a different username when
>> > mapping
>> > a
>> > drive to the 2k server. Under normal circumstances, on customer
>> > machines,
>> > I
>> > put a batch file in the startup folder on client machines. "net use Q:
>> > \\serverIP\sharename password /user:username /persistent:no" This
>> > allows
>> > use
>> > of the application on the 2k server by clients not part of the same
>> > workgroup
>> > because credentials have been established. I hope this makes sense and
>> > that
>> > someone can enlighten me...I have not been able to find the
>> > answer...hope
>> > there is one!
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>