Mounting iDisk on Windows XP SP2

Having trouble getting your mobile me idisk to mount using Windows XP SP2?

Seems the webdav implementation in SP2 is crippled (or security enhanced .. your choice).

Following the steps suggested by Apple & many other web punters I kept on getting repeated username/password prompts.

After a bit of searching I found 2 options that worked, enjoy.

Command line
net use i: "http://idisk.mac.com/username" /User:username password

This will mount the disk as I drive

Network places
Do the usual 'Add Network Place" but add a # to the end of your server address
Enter username &  password as normal
When XP complains the folder path is invalid, remove the # and it should mount without having to re-enter your username/password.

Both appear to be painfully slow compared to OSX, slow to the point of locking up explorer.

There probably is a 3rd option to map network drive using the # technique, I'll leave that up to you.
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