Here is a quick solution based on the old insecure FTP (just as secure
as AFS space that requires Plant Text passwords).
Open IE
Type [log in to unmask]">ftp:[log in to unmask]
a box will come up for your password
In the right view a window open with folder that you can drop stuff on.
Just like a mapped drive.
Add it to your favorites.
Open the favorites and edit the properties to say [log in to unmask]
drag it to the desktop
You can change the icon to a folder that looks like a mapped drive.

Uwe Rossbach
PRL/ Plant Biology

John Valenti wrote:

> Ditto for my office computer and another prof here in LIR. (both Win2K)
> This is why I posted about the settings for the OpenAFS client - I
> suspect that will be the long term solution.
>
> Oh, I tried using the AFS cell name& path  \msu.edu\user\v\a\valenti ,
> that also failed.
>
> A quick solution to this would be appreciated - faculty are trying to
> update their websites and I don't want to waste time with old/insecure
> protocols such as ftp.
> -John
>
>
> Chris Wolf wrote:
>
>> None of us in my office on campus, running Windows XP, can access AFS
>> via
>> drive mapping anymore.  I also got a call from a faculty member running
>> Windows 2000 who was getting errors from an existing AFS mapping that he
>> had been using for a long time.  Since like everybody else we have
>> applied
>> numerous Windows service packs and patches recently, we have been
>> wondering
>> if something like a tightened security setting in one of them was
>> causing
>> the problem.
>
>