Win XP Home, net drive pwds

[si_j]

Win XP home, doesn't save network drive passwords, unlike XP Pro.
Anyone know of any "patches" or reg hacks for XP home so it will remember usernames & passwords.

Upgrading to Pro isn't an option on this particular box in question.

[BliarOut]

Stick the net use command in a batch file in the startup group?

net use x: \server\share /user:domain\administrator password
net use y: \server\share2 /user:domain\administrator password
net use z: \server\share3 /user:domain\administrator password

>> Edited by BliarOut on Tuesday 25th April 09:32

[BliarOut]

That's a double backslash in front of the word server.... Ted's formatting gremlins strike again

[si_j]

cool will try that later.

Seems so bloody simple, keep forgetting about the simplicity of .bat files

[BliarOut]

They're still dead handy... I'm sure WSH is far neater, but the syntax is far more involved.

[zumbruk]

si_j said:

Win XP home, doesn't save network drive passwords, unlike XP Pro.

It doesn't? My XP Home box has a "reconnect at logon" tick box on the Map Drive popup, and it subsequently remembers the passwords....

(It is mounting a Samba share, not a "real" Windows one, but that shouldn't make any difference.)

[si_j]

It maybe this particular machine? It's pretty much as it was "out of box" install.
It remembers net drives at start-up but the option to remember passwords when inputting user & password isn't there. Hence having to do so every time.

[zumbruk]

si_j said:

It maybe this particular machine? It's pretty much as it was "out of box" install. It remembers net drives at start-up but the option to remember passwords when inputting user & password isn't there. Hence having to do so every time.

Ahh, is this a "Share As .." type of drive, where you have to put in a username different to the one you logged into the machine as? I haven't tried that. My username on the Samba server is the same as on the XP box.

[ErnestM]

How many users on the Home XP box? Also, when you login, do you set a password for your login? If there is no initial login, I think XP Home skips remembering other passwords as well...

ErnestM