Share without domain

[Guest Lars-Erik Østerud]

If you have a server and client not in a domain, you can still connect

to a share by giving the password the first time you use it after boot

 

But this happends only if you browse the shared drive, if you click a

shortcut to a program on the share nothing happends (no dialog asking

for the username and password as when you browse the share): Why?

 

Earlier there was a setting to connect all shares during boot, and

that would ask for the password at boot. Fixing this....

 

But I can't find that setting in XP anymore... Help!

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Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Share without domain

 

 

"Lars-Erik Østerud" <.@.> wrote in message

news:5hqv5kF3ln6r2U1@mid.individual.net...

> If you have a server and client not in a domain, you can still connect

> to a share by giving the password the first time you use it after boot

>

> But this happends only if you browse the shared drive, if you click a

> shortcut to a program on the share nothing happends (no dialog asking

> for the username and password as when you browse the share): Why?

>

> Earlier there was a setting to connect all shares during boot, and

> that would ask for the password at boot. Fixing this....

>

> But I can't find that setting in XP anymore... Help!

> --

> Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605

 

It's time you seized control of things instead of relying

on half-remembered settings. Two steps are required:

 

1. Create an account on the server that is the same as your

PC logon account & password. This gets around the

various challenges when you try to connect to a share.

 

2. Put these lines into the file

c:\documents and settings\all users\start

menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat:

 

@echo off

net use /persistent:no

net use * /del /yes > nul

net use S: \\YourServer\Share1

net use T: \\YourServer\Share2

etc.