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Title: Reconnect @ logon check box in Vista/XP Home does not work
Post by: hvl on March 23, 2009, 06:32:24 AM

I have trouble to reconnect a mapped network drive @ logon with Vista/XP home, it doesn't seem to hold after a reboot. I always have to re-enter the password.

After some reading on the internet, someone proposed, not to use the GUI and to write a batch file and put it in the startup.

So I wrote the following:

net use s: \\server\folder password /user:username

It won't work, it would say the password is not good.

But strangely, if I wrote:

net use s: \\server\folder /user:username

It will prompt the password, and if I enter the password it will work.

So why when I put the password embedded in the command line it does not work?

The use case is to use Memeo to do automatic backup, still trying to figure out how to have automatic backup without the user having to enter a password by hand.

Someone just propose to switch the position of the username and the password?

net use s: \\server\folder /user:username password

Will try that next weekend, when I'm back home.

But any idea, why it won't work with the GUI?

Thanks

Title: Re: Reconnect @ logon check box in Vista/XP Home does not work
Post by: bigclaw on March 23, 2009, 07:37:35 AM

Home editions are known to be flaky with network drives.

Have you tried mirroring your Windows user name and password in the DNS-323? I'm mapping all my network drives this way, so I don't choose the "Connect using a different user name" option. Windows uses the current user's credentials to connect to the DNS-323.

Title: Re: Reconnect @ logon check box in Vista/XP Home does not work
Post by: fordem on March 23, 2009, 07:48:52 AM

When you have the drive map dialog box open, click the link that says logon as a different user and supply the user name and password there.

Title: Re: Reconnect @ logon check box in Vista/XP Home does not work
Post by: hvl on March 23, 2009, 01:52:04 PM

Quote from: bigclaw on March 23, 2009, 07:37:35 AM

Home editions are known to be flaky with network drives.

Have you tried mirroring your Windows user name and password in the DNS-323? I'm mapping all my network drives this way, so I don't choose the "Connect using a different user name" option. Windows uses the current user's credentials to connect to the DNS-323.

Thanks, will try that.

Forgot to mention that under Windows XP Pro, it works without any issue.

Title: Re: Reconnect @ logon check box in Vista/XP Home does not work
Post by: hvl on March 23, 2009, 01:53:11 PM

Quote from: fordem on March 23, 2009, 07:48:52 AM

When you have the drive map dialog box open, click the link that says logon as a different user and supply the user name and password there.

I have already try that, but will try again.

Anyone have successfully reconnect @ logon with Home editions, what are your steps?

Thanks,