I've recently taken over an IT position at my company. I'm trying to set up automated daily backups of the computers user accounts. I've gotten the .bat file running fine, and it works fine IF I've already connected to the backup server via windows explorer.
What I mean is this, if I go to explorer, then type in manually \\server-name\folder$\username it will prompt user and password, I'll enter that and connect just fine.
However if they reboot, they lose access unless they re-enter the password. So, can I script xcopy to include the password in the command line, or is there another way to backup to a network password protected dir?
When you go to Explorer you can map the path \\server-name\folder$\username to a letter drive, e.g. "N:". While you map there's an option "Reconnect at Logon". This way every time user reboots and logins - connection to network share will be automatically reestablished.