Need some help - Mapping network drive

[fin23]

well, after my dell was taken from me i have begged and pleased with the wife and now i am a proud owner of a shiney macbook pro

my switch is going ok.. i have 1 question for any apple experts..

i have a hdd connected to a desktop machine shared out to my private network. Now on a wndows machine any mapped drives automatically connect them selves when on the network.. i cannot seem to o this on OSX.. i can connect but i have to physically request the connection andthe network drive then becomes active.. is there any way aroun this?

it only takes20 seconds or so to do so maybe i am being a bit picky

so i want a network drive to be mapped and stay that way so when i am in range its there.. if i leave home (windows normallyshouts 'cannot conect to network drives') its there but obviously not connectable..??

any comments?

[Scottio200]

Set your login items for the user, so that finder will open the drive on login, will need to be mapped first

Means that a finder window will open every time, but the drive will auto mount

Dont in the system preferences, account, login items section

Cheers
Scottio

[fin23]

thanks mate!

bang on

I think you are my new best bud... I have a few niggles i need help with and i see from your posts you a apple expert nice