No, that is Citrix. Citrix has been able to do drive and com redirection for a while, way before Microsoft ever did it. Jeff Pitsch -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schneider, Chad M Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 1:36 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K Server has Citrix on it, but not sure it should matter. Terminal Services should be the trigger for this. -----Original Message----- From: Scott DeLagrange [mailto:sdelagrange@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:29 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K You're using the net use command on a server that doesn't have citrix on it?? I do that now on my citrix boxes but when I try that I get on a W2K box I get the path not found error. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:16:28 -0500, Schneider, Chad M <cmschneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Net use com1: \\client\com1: > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Pitsch [mailto:jpitsch@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:59 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K > > How do you map them? > > Jeff Pitsch > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Schneider, Chad M > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:54 PM > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K > > We map them through our script, typical remap and use them for bar > code scanners and com scale ports. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Pitsch [mailto:jpitsch@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:52 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K > > I'm continuing to do some digging because I'm finding some > contradictory statements, but I cannot find anything that says you can > actually use com ports outside of the add printer wizard. > > Jeff Pitsch > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Nick Smith > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:45 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K > > Are we sure about that or is it an inference from the help file only? > > Nick Smith, > Managing Director, > OfficeAnyplace > Tel: 020 7819 0090 > nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Pitsch [mailto:jpitsch@xxxxxxx] > Sent: 19 October 2004 16:15 > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K > > In other words, COM port mappings for anything else is not supported in RDP. > > Jeff Pitsch > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Scott DeLagrange > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:11 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: COM Port mapping W2K > > Thank you for that but that only refers to printers. Using Citrix I > can map client com ports to talk to any serial device such as bar code scanners. > Is > this not possible with W2K without Citrix? > > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:58:25 -0400, Jeff Pitsch <jpitsch@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > From the help file: > > > > COM port mapping to disable client COM port mapping. By default, COM > > port mapping is disabled (cleared). When enabled, client COM ports > > are > > > mapped for printing and are available in the port list of the Add > > Printer wizard. You will need to manually create the printer to the > COM > > port using the Add Printer wizard. When COM port mapping is disabled > > (checked), client COM ports are not automatically mapped. You will > > be unable to manually create printers using COM ports. > > > > Jeff Pitsch > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Scott DeLagrange > > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:50 AM > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [THIN] COM Port mapping W2K > > > > I know with Citrix MF, to map to the clients com port you just use > > "net use comx: \\client\comx" (the x's being valid ports) but how do > > you do that from an RDP connection? I get the error that the > > network path not found. I have it set so it should be available, at > > least I think so because in the configuration RDP>Options>Local > > Resources>Local Devices, Serial Ports is checked. How do you map > > serial ports using straight W2K with terminal services? 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