Network Drive can not remember password

Desmo · 6 Mar 2006 at 17:56

Trying to map a network drive using MCE but there is no option to "remember password" so I have to manually connect it each time I want to use the network drive

Is there any way around this?

Otacon · 6 Mar 2006 at 18:37

Quickest way would be to add a user account to the target machine that's the same username and password as the one you logon with. No need to mess about then.

Desmo · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:35

The drive I want to use is a NAS setup so can't really do that. Although I suppose I could add the user name in the NAS setup and see if that works

Otacon · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:50

A Windows NAS? Running Storage Server?

Trigger · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:11

Otacon said:
A Windows NAS? Running Storage Server?

Sounds more like a network hard drive like the things that freecom make. I assume it uses a web admin interface?

Desmo · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:24

Aye, it's a Buffalo setup. External drive with web interface.

Trigger · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:36

I'd try either creating a user in the web admin interface with the same username and password as you use for MCE or creating a user in MCE with the same username and password as you use for the web interface

Haggisman · 6 Mar 2006 at 22:55

make a batch file, add it to your startup folder

I cant remember the exact syntax off the top of my head, but its something like:

net use <drive letter>: \\<pcname>\<volume> <password> /USER:<username>

edit: I know this works in win2k pro, but never tried in MCE

Desmo · 7 Mar 2006 at 10:58

Cheers people. I kind of cheated in the end and just set the drive up without the need for username and password. It's on a secure network so it should be fine