Network Drive Password

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I have a few mapped network drives on my laptop, which connect to a server i have.

Why is it that when i click a network drive, I am always asked for a username and password.

When I set the drives up, i did select that usernames and passwords for the drives should be saved.

Thanks
 
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what o/s is your server running?

if its a windows server platform then you will have to put in a username and password if you are not running a domain structure that the client is connected to.

it could be a windows firewall issue (or other firewall) that is blocking access to your server.

at any rate, using Administrator/(adminpass) will let you view the files on the network drives.

Hope this helps
 
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I am guessing your workstation (laptop) is XP Home, and isnt remembering the passwords after every reboot. the trick round this little prolem is to have a user account on the server that exactly matches that on the laptop, i.e. same username and password. Thats what i've had to do on my GFs laptop.
 
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