Vista user needs to authenticate with 2003 DC without joining doma

[Guest dath]

I have a Vista laptop user that does not want to join the domain and he wants

access to a shared folder on the 2003 DC without having to join the domain.

I setup a mapped drive on his desktop and checked the box to automatically

login each time he reboots with admin creds. Now each time he reboots it

requires him to enter in the admin user name and pw and he wants it to do it

automatically. I know with my old 2000 DC and XP I could setup a user on the

DC with the same name and pw as the xp user who is in a workgroup and it

would pass through but will this work the same with 2003 and vista? I just

dont want to show up and setup a new user only to find out that it does not

work with Vista. Any advice would be most helpful thank you.

[Guest albert.valentin@gmail.com]

Re: Vista user needs to authenticate with 2003 DC without joiningdoma

 

Re: Vista user needs to authenticate with 2003 DC without joiningdoma

 

On Mar 14, 4:48 pm, dath <d...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a Vista laptop user that does not want to join the domain and he wants

> access to a shared folder on the 2003 DC without having to join the domain..  

> I setup a mapped drive on his desktop and checked the box to automatically

> login each time he reboots with admin creds.  Now each time he reboots it

> requires him to enter in the admin user name and pw and he wants it to do it

> automatically.  I know with my old 2000 DC and XP I could setup a user on the

> DC with the same name and pw as the xp user who is in a workgroup and it

> would pass through but will this work the same with 2003 and vista?  I just

> dont want to show up and setup a new user only to find out that it does not

> work with Vista.  Any advice would be most helpful thank you.  

 

I think your easiest option is to just create an account in AD for his

use. No need to join the computer to your domain. When he tries to

access that shared folder he would only need to write the username/

password provided to him to access any information he's permitted to

see in your network.

[Guest dath]

Re: Vista user needs to authenticate with 2003 DC without joining

 

Re: Vista user needs to authenticate with 2003 DC without joining

 

 

 

"albert.valentin@gmail.com" wrote:

> On Mar 14, 4:48 pm, dath <d...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > I have a Vista laptop user that does not want to join the domain and he wants

> > access to a shared folder on the 2003 DC without having to join the domain..

> > I setup a mapped drive on his desktop and checked the box to automatically

> > login each time he reboots with admin creds. Now each time he reboots it

> > requires him to enter in the admin user name and pw and he wants it to do it

> > automatically. I know with my old 2000 DC and XP I could setup a user on the

> > DC with the same name and pw as the xp user who is in a workgroup and it

> > would pass through but will this work the same with 2003 and vista? I just

> > dont want to show up and setup a new user only to find out that it does not

> > work with Vista. Any advice would be most helpful thank you.

>

> I think your easiest option is to just create an account in AD for his

> use. No need to join the computer to your domain. When he tries to

> access that shared folder he would only need to write the username/

> password provided to him to access any information he's permitted to

> see in your network.

>

The whole point is to get it so he does not have to login each time he tries

to access this shared folder after he reboots. I know it sounds ridiculous

he would avoid all these problems if he just joined the domain but he refuses

to do so.

[Guest lforbes]

Re: Vista user needs to authenticate with 2003 DC without joining

 

Re: Vista user needs to authenticate with 2003 DC without joining

 

Hi,

 

You could use the net use command line in a batch file. It has the ability

to put in the username and password.

 

That is what I use for my non-domain laptops.

 

Type net use at the command line for more info.

 

Cheers,

Lara

 

"dath" wrote:

>

>

> "albert.valentin@gmail.com" wrote:

>

> > On Mar 14, 4:48 pm, dath <d...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > > I have a Vista laptop user that does not want to join the domain and he wants

> > > access to a shared folder on the 2003 DC without having to join the domain..

> > > I setup a mapped drive on his desktop and checked the box to automatically

> > > login each time he reboots with admin creds. Now each time he reboots it

> > > requires him to enter in the admin user name and pw and he wants it to do it

> > > automatically. I know with my old 2000 DC and XP I could setup a user on the

> > > DC with the same name and pw as the xp user who is in a workgroup and it

> > > would pass through but will this work the same with 2003 and vista? I just

> > > dont want to show up and setup a new user only to find out that it does not

> > > work with Vista. Any advice would be most helpful thank you.

> >

> > I think your easiest option is to just create an account in AD for his

> > use. No need to join the computer to your domain. When he tries to

> > access that shared folder he would only need to write the username/

> > password provided to him to access any information he's permitted to

> > see in your network.

> >

> The whole point is to get it so he does not have to login each time he tries

> to access this shared folder after he reboots. I know it sounds ridiculous

> he would avoid all these problems if he just joined the domain but he refuses

> to do so.