Not sure if it's the sony drivers, but I have had success (in the past 30 seconds that I just tested it) by: 1. Disconnect network drive 2. Connect camera 3. In "Disk Management" snapin, right click the volume on the USB disk, and choose "Change drive letter" 4. Change the letter to one that is unused 5. "Eject" the camera and disconnect it 6. Reconnect network drive Now this drive, every time it is connected, takes the letter I gave it, not the letter that is next in line. BTW, I used a Maxtor 5000XT 250gb external drive to test this, so YMMV. HTH, Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA David Clark Company Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Rance [mailto:Steve.Rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:53 AM To: Windows2000 Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: [windows2000] OT: USB Digital Camera connecting to F: Drive. We have a number of XP Professional PC's, and a number of Sony Cypershot Cameras. The situation we have is the PC's in question have drive letters C-E used up for local drives/CD-Writers/etc and F and H used for network shares. The problem is when the camera is connected to the USB port, it automatically tries to connect it to F: drive, which as this is in use by the network drive doesn't work. If you disconnect the network drive first is works fine. The short-term solution was to setup a couple of batch files on the desktop; one that disconnects the drive and another that reconnects it. Some of the users are now complaining that this is too much of a pain, specially when they want to download the images to the network drive in question. They have to copy them locally, reconnect the share and move them across, rather than copying them direct. I have had a look and can't see how, or see if it even possible, to change it so the camera automatially connects to the G: drive which is not used. It is not an option to change the drive letter for the network share from F: as this is company wide share that everyone has access to. Thanks for any insight into this, > Steve Rance > Currently wishing that we had air-conditioned offices!!! > > This e-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and you have received this e-mail in error then any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited and you should contact the sender by e-mail and then delete all material from your system. > Any views or opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of Daly International. > This e-mail does not form part of a legally binding agreement. We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise that you carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this message. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses > > > This weeks sponsor - RTOSoft TScale Complaints about applications response time - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! TScale 2.0 improves applications response time and increases terminal server capacity. Really get MORE from your existing servers! Free eval: http://www.rtosoft.com/enter.asp?id=131 ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm This weeks sponsor - RTOSoft TScale Complaints about applications response time - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! TScale 2.0 improves applications response time and increases terminal server capacity. Really get MORE from your existing servers! Free eval: http://www.rtosoft.com/enter.asp?id=131 ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm