Client Access for Win95

["Tom McArthur" <ThomasMcA@xxxxxxx>]

Using Client Access for Win95, is there a way to execute 
(automatically, at the time the connection is made) a batch file that 
lives in a Shared Folder?

As a PC administrator, using the old PC Support, I was able to use 
the Shared Folders (I: Drive) as a network drive and a pseudo-backup 
medium. 

Since every PC executed STARTPCS.BAT, it was easy to add a CALL to a 
generic batch file that lived on the I: Drive. This batch file backed 
up their system files (INIs, CONFIG.SYS, etc.) once a day; it also 
allowed me to do remote installs, updates, file copies, etc.

If a remote user had a problem w/ a Lotus spreadsheet or a 
WordPerfect document, I could edit the generic batch file to copy the 
file from their hard drive to the I: Drive. I could then open the 
file myself, and walk them through their problem/question.

If they had a problem w/ Windoze, I could look at the backup of their 
configuration files to understand their setup, or even to see the 
problem right away by looking at their backed up CONFIG.SYS & 
AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

The beauty of this was that everything was maintainable here at the 
corporate location. They couldn't remove the CALL to the generic 
batch file because a master copy of STARTPCS was maintained on the I: 
Drive. I could modify/tweak the process easily because the batch file 
lived on the I: Drive.

Is there any way to do this? 

TIA

Tom
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Tom McArthur
E-Mail: ThomasMcA@usa.net
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