Password save for mapped drive

[Guest rosegrower]

I need to save a password for a mapped drive on several computers. On some I

get the option to remember the password and on others I don't. How can I get

the password remembered on the computers that don't prompt?

 

Thanks

[Guest Malke]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

rosegrower wrote:

> I need to save a password for a mapped drive on several computers. On some I

> get the option to remember the password and on others I don't. How can I get

> the password remembered on the computers that don't prompt?

>

 

What version of XP are you running on the computers that won't save the

password? What is different about those computers?

 

 

Malke

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[Guest rosegrower]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

Most are xp pro but some are xp home. I need to save the password on both.

 

"Malke" wrote:

> rosegrower wrote:

> > I need to save a password for a mapped drive on several computers. On some I

> > get the option to remember the password and on others I don't. How can I get

> > the password remembered on the computers that don't prompt?

> >

>

> What version of XP are you running on the computers that won't save the

> password? What is different about those computers?

>

>

> Malke

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[Guest Malke]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

rosegrower wrote:

> Most are xp pro but some are xp home. I need to save the password on both.

 

Back up and give a good description of your network - is this an office

or a home network? - and exactly what you are trying to do. Do you want

users to be able to connect seamlessly to the mapped drive without

providing a password or not? Offhand, it sounds like a permissions

issue. Usually this can be solved by creating matching user accounts and

passwords on all machines. Then when a user connects to the shared

resource they are authenticated by the system hosting that resource and

no logon is required. You can still have users login automatically to a

particular account (giving the effect of going directly to the Desktop)

for convenience if you want.

 

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

 

 

Malke

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[Guest rosegrower]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

This is an office network (server 2003) at a library. The computers with xp

pro allow me to save the password. The computers with xp home do not. Is

there something I can download to get xp home to let me save the password?

 

"Malke" wrote:

> rosegrower wrote:

> > Most are xp pro but some are xp home. I need to save the password on both.

>

> Back up and give a good description of your network - is this an office

> or a home network? - and exactly what you are trying to do. Do you want

> users to be able to connect seamlessly to the mapped drive without

> providing a password or not? Offhand, it sounds like a permissions

> issue. Usually this can be solved by creating matching user accounts and

> passwords on all machines. Then when a user connects to the shared

> resource they are authenticated by the system hosting that resource and

> no logon is required. You can still have users login automatically to a

> particular account (giving the effect of going directly to the Desktop)

> for convenience if you want.

>

> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -

> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

>

>

> Malke

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> Elephant Boy Computers

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

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>

[Guest rosegrower]

RE: Password save for mapped drive

 

I just realized that I have one computer that has xp pro that does not prompt

to save the password.

 

"rosegrower" wrote:

> I need to save a password for a mapped drive on several computers. On some I

> get the option to remember the password and on others I don't. How can I get

> the password remembered on the computers that don't prompt?

>

> Thanks

[Guest Malke]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

rosegrower wrote:

> This is an office network (server 2003) at a library. The computers with xp

> pro allow me to save the password. The computers with xp home do not. Is

> there something I can download to get xp home to let me save the password?

 

By design, XP Home does not cache credentials. If you want your users to

not have to enter passwords every time then you need to upgrade to XP

Pro. You apparently don't have a domain; if you ever decide to set one

up XP Home cannot join a domain either.

 

As for the one XP Pro machine that doesn't prompt for the password,

disable Simple Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

 

It is unclear to me whether you do want users to have to enter a

password or not.

 

 

Malke

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[Guest rosegrower]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

I do not want them to have to enter the password. All computers are members

of a workgroup. Thank you for your help.

 

"Malke" wrote:

> rosegrower wrote:

> > This is an office network (server 2003) at a library. The computers with xp

> > pro allow me to save the password. The computers with xp home do not. Is

> > there something I can download to get xp home to let me save the password?

>

> By design, XP Home does not cache credentials. If you want your users to

> not have to enter passwords every time then you need to upgrade to XP

> Pro. You apparently don't have a domain; if you ever decide to set one

> up XP Home cannot join a domain either.

>

> As for the one XP Pro machine that doesn't prompt for the password,

> disable Simple Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

>

> It is unclear to me whether you do want users to have to enter a

> password or not.

>

>

> Malke

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>

[Guest Malke]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

rosegrower wrote:

> I do not want them to have to enter the password. All computers are members

> of a workgroup. Thank you for your help.

 

Then create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do

not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the

passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the

accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. If you

wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular

user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at

this link work for both XP and Vista:

 

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

 

Make sure you create the matching user accounts/passwords on your

Win2003 machine, too.

 

Malke

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[Guest matthewmcaree]

Re: Password save for mapped drive

 

 

Hi,

 

I have the same problem on my home network. When I originally set it

up, with 4 computers and a NAS drive, I configured it somehow so that

it didn't ask for the password everytime you restarted a computer. I

recently had to reformat one of my computers and of course wiped all

the settings in the process. The problem is I can't rembember what I

did the last time and can't find it anywhere on the net. All the other

computers still access the drive without the need to re-enter the

password but this one won't. I know I didn't need to map the drive, and

I have a funny feeling I simply did something through windows explorer.

Any ideas please? I know this is an old thread but theres loads of

people on loads of forums with the same problem (using XP home) and no

one has given the right answer. All help offered will be greatly

appreciated.

 

Many thanks,

Matt.

 

 

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