Connecting To SOM Network Drives With Windows XP The first step to take is to make sure that you are using the UCSF VPN client when you connect. If you do not have a VPN username and password, you will need to get one before you can proceed in connecting to your network shares with Windows XP. A NOTE ON THE LOCATIONS OF MY COMPUTER AND MY NETWORK PLACES: By default, Windows XP locates My Computer and My Network Places into the Start Menu by default. However, if your machine was configured by an ISU desktop support team member, it is likely that this setting was changed and My Computer and My Network Places are now located on your desktop. Before you begin, please locate My Computer and My Network Places. If they are located in your Start Menu, then you will gain access to them from that location. If they are located on the desktop, then you will gain access to them from that location. Step 1: Connect to the UCSF network with the VPN client. Step 2: Close any open applications (no items should be listed in the task bar at the bottom of your screen). Step 3: Locate and open My Network Places Step 4: Click on Add a network place in the My Network Places window. (Highlighted in green in the graphic below.)
Step 5: The Add Network Place Wizard window will then open. You want to click on and select Choose another network location and then click Next : Step 6: Another Add Network Place Window will open. This one will prompt you for the location of the network shares. You will need to get this information from your computer support technician or desktop support personnel.
SOM DRIVES You will need to work with your computer support group to determine the path for these drives. Once you put the drive address in the Internet or network address: field click Next. Step 7: You will then be prompted in a new window to enter your username and your password. It is very important that you format your username properly in order for the server to accept it. Enter your username in the following format: som\yourusername (this is the same as your username on your office workstation) Then enter your password (again, the same one you use on your office workstation) If your username and password are correct, you will then be prompted to name your network place. If your username and/or password are incorrect, you will be prompted to enter them again. If you continue to receive notification that your username and password are incorrect, please contact 502-1919 for confirmation of your username and, if necessary, to unlock your account or reset your password. Step 8: Once your username and password are accepted, you will be prompted to name the network place. This does NOT change the name on the server. This is a local name to designate the drive in My Network Places. This is to help you identify the drive. Click Next to complete the drive mapping.
Step 9: Once completed, The Add Network Place Wizard will confirm with the following window: Click the Finish button to complete to connection process. Once clicked, this window will close and a new window will open up with the contents of the mapped drive. Step 10: Confirm that you have the mapped drives in My Network Places. Located My Network Places and open it (either by selecting it from the Start menu or double-clicking the icon on the desktop please see the beginning note regarding the location of My Network Places ). When My Network Places is opened, you should see something similar to the following window. If you see your F drive (or whichever drive you mapped) then you have correctly setup your computer to access your OCIM drives. (NOTE: It will not look exactly like this, as you may have other network drives mapped, and it is likely you have named your drives differently).
FINAL NOTES These icons to your drives will remain in My Network Places until such time that you choose to remove them from My Network Places. Each time you need to open one of these drives after closing all previously open windows, you will be prompted for your username and password again. If you checked Remember my password in Step 7 then you will just need to hit OK and your drive will open. Remember, you will not see these drives in the same way you see your F and G drives are work. They are not technically mapped drives in the same way your office workstation drives are mapped. Instead, if you are in an application and need to navigate to these drives, use the My Network Places location to locate these drives. Additionally, you can also copy these files to your desktop and work on them locally, and then copy the files back to your network drives. This is actually a faster and more reliable method of moving data around (as opposed to using the Save and Save As features while you have something like Word, PowerPoint, or Excel open).