'Net Use' Command Works in Win 7 but not XP. Why?

Question

I wrote a script to dynamically map drives for our users. The script it generates is a simple 'net use' command that looks like this:

net use * https://oursite.com/bobs_stuff

This works perfectly fine in Windows 7 but in XP I get: "System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found".

I've done some searches but haven't found much. The only progress I made (if you want to call it that) is that I dropped the 's' in the http on XP and it connects, asks for my username/password and then fails.

Any idea how to resolve this issue?

Update

I am trying to connect to a WebDAV server. I can do this manually in XP by creating a new network place; however, I need to be able to do this from a command prompt so I can script this automatically.

Answer 1

"net use" in XP cannot use https addresses when assigning to a drive letter.

This limitation does not exist in Vista and above.

Edit: it is possible though to use SSL-connections via "Web Folder" functionality in XP:

http://www.queensu.ca/its/qshare/tutorials/webdav/webdav-winxp.html