Staying connected to windows computers?

Hi,
I'm sure theres an easy way to do this or i'm just doing it plain wrong but I cant seem to stay connected to any of my network shares. I connect to them and then add a login item for that volume, but when say I restart my computer the server is not connected?
Is this the right way to be doing things?
Many thanks
Dan

I think you did it the right way... dragging the Icon to the Startup Items!?
But I'd personally advise against that, it can cause havoc if the Interface isn't UP & Ready when it tries to connect, can really throw the OS/Finder for a loop if a Share isn't there for any reason, etc., etc., etc..
What works better for me is to Drag the Icon to the Dock, between Applications & Trash... and if you'd like a Popup Menu for a number of them, then make a New Folder on the Desktop, give it a cool name, drag all those Icons once you mount them, to that cool named Folder, (you can even rename the Aliases once there to your liking), then drag that cool nameded Folder to the Dock between Applications & Trash. You get Dynamic Mounting as per need this way.
But should you really want them to AutoMount, I'd suggest getting SharePoints Automounter...
http://www.hornware.com/sharepointsautomounter/

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