The ShareExpo utility helps to connect shared resources automatically on computer startup and keep connections alive. It is useful for network administrators to connect laptops or personal computers to windows NT domain without loggin to domain itself.
It contains two modules: administrative and script module. The first one exploring current network structure and help to identify and connect shared resources. After definition of necessary shared folders you simply need to execute script to connect automatically to all predefined shares.
To apply connection automatically you simply need to add the script shortcut to Startup folder. Now the resources(printers, servers, shared folders) will be loaded automatically on Startup and can be accessed by simple click on the remote link without prompting a login and password.
Requirements
Before installing ShareExpo make sure that your system satisfy with the following minimum requirements:
Operation system:
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT4, 2000, ME, XP, 2003
Network:
Local Area Network connection established
Login:
You must be logged in as administrator to connect most of the network resources and to know the credentials for shared resources
The ShareExpo software distributed as a setup file within zip archive, called shareexpo.zip. The common file name of the setup file is shareexpoXX.exe where [XX] is the version number of the software. You do not need to worry about the demo version of the software if you would like to order the product. After completing purchase we will send you a registered full featured script file over email. So you just need to replace the old file with new one.
Configuration concept
To properly configure the ShareExpo software you need to complete basically 3 main steps:
1. Search for computers within a network or add your own computers manually
Within Administrator module select a “Search for computers” option to automatically load all available computers into tree. If some computers currently unavailable you can add them manually by typing domain/workgoup name and the name of the PC. You can also save configuration to file and load it from file without searching for network.
2. Request availabes shares for each selected computers and provide a login and password for each computer to connect.
After you have select a computer you need to request a shared resources by clicking “Request” button and then select resources to connect to. After that you need to specify a logon attributes and save configuration for selected computer. Then repeat this step for each computer you would like to connect to.
3. Test connection by script testmode execution and add the script to the startup shortcut with “normal” parameter
After you have complete the configuration you need to execute script by choosing “Run shload.exe -testmode” menu item. Then your script will connect to all selected resources. In -testmode then script will disconnect automatically after connecting. So to keep connections alive you need to start script in -normal mode.
Script usage
Script is the console application named shload.exe. You can use this script with two possible parameters:
shload.exe [TESTMODE]
shload.exe [NORMAL]
In testmode you can connect to all selected shared resources without keeping connections alive. In normal mode all connections are keeped alive for further usage.
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