I am facing the same problem. I want to backup to Buffalo LinkStation drive.
I have not setup any passwords. I have about 6 computers in the home network.
They all run fine witout having any password. I can access ALL shares using 2
Vista Ultimate.
BUT, when i tried to bakup on Buffalo LinkStation. Vista insists that I
enter a user name and password. I really do not need or want to password
protect the backup.
I just want Vista to go ahead and proceed without having a password. But I
can go past this point.
So I can not backup on my 350GB LinkStation :-(.
Any workaround??????
CMX
"Lisa Hetherington" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> When I try to backup my laptop to a shared external hard drive plugged
> into the desktop computer, Vista asks me for a username and password.
>
> ***************
> Enter a user name and password to access \\HOMEPC\external hard
> drive\Lisa laptop backups\.
> *****************
>
> What username and password do I need to enter?
>
> ....Lisa
>