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Automatically Logon To Network Share
I've just bought a 1Tb LaCie ethernet disk mini (NAS drive). It's set
up and working ok, and I've mapped the share to a drive letter (including reconnect at logon). Problem is I have to enter the password before I can access the drive. My backup (to the NAS drive) programs run automatically the first time each user logs into Windows each day, and I don't want to have to logon to the share and then manually run them. The Lacie drive won't allow me to create a share without a password. How can I get an automatic logon to the network share when each user logs in to Windows (in simple terms please - I'm not a networks whiz by any means)? (running XP home, SP2). Thanks, David |
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Automatically Logon To Network Share
See the kink below
http://www.ezlan.net/index.html -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "DavidM" wrote in message ... I've just bought a 1Tb LaCie ethernet disk mini (NAS drive). It's set up and working ok, and I've mapped the share to a drive letter (including reconnect at logon). Problem is I have to enter the password before I can access the drive. My backup (to the NAS drive) programs run automatically the first time each user logs into Windows each day, and I don't want to have to logon to the share and then manually run them. The Lacie drive won't allow me to create a share without a password. How can I get an automatic logon to the network share when each user logs in to Windows (in simple terms please - I'm not a networks whiz by any means)? (running XP home, SP2). Thanks, David |
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Automatically Logon To Network Share
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:32:07 -0500, "Peter Foldes"
wrote: See the kink below http://www.ezlan.net/index.html If the answer is in there I can't find it, or don't understand enough about networking to recognise it? Give us a clue maybe? David |
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Automatically Logon To Network Share
DavidM wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:32:07 -0500, "Peter Foldes" wrote: See the kink below http://www.ezlan.net/index.html If the answer is in there I can't find it, or don't understand enough about networking to recognise it? Give us a clue maybe? You might want to try using the NET USE command with the /SAVECRED option the crate a persistent connection to the device. Stored User Names and Passwords Feature Interoperability at a Command Prompt http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287536 John |
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Automatically Logon To Network Share
"DavidM" wrote in message ... I've just bought a 1Tb LaCie ethernet disk mini (NAS drive). It's set up and working ok, and I've mapped the share to a drive letter (including reconnect at logon). Problem is I have to enter the password before I can access the drive. My backup (to the NAS drive) programs run automatically the first time each user logs into Windows each day, and I don't want to have to logon to the share and then manually run them. The Lacie drive won't allow me to create a share without a password. How can I get an automatic logon to the network share when each user logs in to Windows (in simple terms please - I'm not a networks whiz by any means)? You might try using a program called Network Magic from Cisco Systems. It makes managing a home network super easy for the average home computer user. They have a fully functional trial version on the site so you can download it and see if that's the right solution for you before you buy it. |
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Automatically Logon To Network Share
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:13:10 -0400, "John John (MVP)"
wrote: DavidM wrote: On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:32:07 -0500, "Peter Foldes" wrote: See the kink below http://www.ezlan.net/index.html If the answer is in there I can't find it, or don't understand enough about networking to recognise it? Give us a clue maybe? You might want to try using the NET USE command with the /SAVECRED option the crate a persistent connection to the device. Stored User Names and Passwords Feature Interoperability at a Command Prompt http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287536 John Thanks for the reply John. According to the NET USE help text the /SAVECRED switch is not available in XP Home edition. It certainly doesn't seem to work. David |
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Automatically Logon To Network Share
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:13:07 +0000, DavidM
wrote: I've just bought a 1Tb LaCie ethernet disk mini (NAS drive). It's set up and working ok, and I've mapped the share to a drive letter (including reconnect at logon). Problem is I have to enter the password before I can access the drive. My backup (to the NAS drive) programs run automatically the first time each user logs into Windows each day, and I don't want to have to logon to the share and then manually run them. The Lacie drive won't allow me to create a share without a password. How can I get an automatic logon to the network share when each user logs in to Windows (in simple terms please - I'm not a networks whiz by any means)? (running XP home, SP2). Thanks, David Well, I've been able to find a solution, although it's a bit "agricultural" (and maybe shows my age!). I use a batch file with the command NET USE as follows: @echo off REM Wait for about 30 seconds then map network drive EDMINI\share to dive letter N: ping -n 1 -w 20000 192.168.1.96 nul net use n: \\EDMINI\share xxxxx /USER:yyyy exit The ping command inserts a delay of about 20 seconds after the batch file is run and before executing the net use command. This allows time after the user has logged on for the network connection to the drive to get established. Apparently using the ping command is the least resource use way of putting a delay in a batch file. I've used this before with values up to 6000 (about 1 minute) and it seems ok. The net use command then maps the share to drive n: using user name yyyy with password xxxx. I then created a shortcut for the batch file and inserted this into the STARTUP folder in the Start\Programs menu for all users. The shortcut properties are set to run the batch file minimsed. If the share is already mapped when the batch file is run, the net use command just reports an error, and the batch file continues to it's natural end with no ill effects. So far, this seems to be working reliably. The main issue to be considered is that the user name and password are in full view in the batch file. I've decided that I can live with this risk, others may not, and maybe there's another way of doing this. (from start menu/run type cmd, then in the command window type net use /help to get a full list of the net use command switches. Note that the SAVECRED switch is not available in XP Home) Hope someone finds this useful. David |
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