Connect client drives and printers at logon

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To connect client drives and printers at logon

Note

Use the above procedure to configure the local Group Policy object. To change a policy for a domain or an organizational unit, you must log on to the primary domain controller as an Administrator. Then, you must invoke Group Policy through the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.

Open Terminal Services Configuration.
In the console tree, click Connections.
In the details pane, right-click the connection to which you want to connect client drives and printers, and then click Properties.
On the Client Settings tab, under Connection, clear the Use connection settings from user settings check box.

This allows you to configure these settings for the connection.
Choose from the following options:
- Select the Connect client drives at logon check box to reconnect to all mapped client drives while logging on. (This option is supported for clients running any of the Windows Server 2003 family operating systems.)
- Select the Connect client printers at logon check box to reconnect to all mapped local client printers while logging on.
- Select the Default to main client printer check box to print to the default printer of the client. Otherwise, the default printer of the server is used as the default printer for all client sessions.
Notes
- To open Terminal Services Configuration, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Terminal Services Configuration.
- These settings affect all clients that use the connection to log on to a terminal server. If you want to define settings on a per-user basis, use Terminal Services Group Policies or the Terminal Services Extension to Local Users and Groups.

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
Group Policy overrides the configuration set with the Terminal Services Configuration tool.

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