Vista - Backing up on Network WITHOUT user name and password

I want to backup to a Network Drive which is hosted on an external Network
Storage Drive (by Buffalo LinkStation (www.buffalotech.com)). I connect to
the network drive securely without having to enter a password. I have about 6
computers in the home network. They all connect this way. I can access ALL
shares on the Buffalo using 2 Vista Ultimate.

BUT, when i tried to bakup to Buffalo LinkStation. Vista insists that I
enter a user name and password. Where, I just want Vista to go ahead and
proceed without having requiring a password. But I can go past this point.

So I can not backup on my 350GB LinkStation :-(.

Any workaround??????

CMX

i have the same problem. did you get a solution? I have my home network nicely configured, very nicely? so, what is wrong?

On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:30:13 -0600, inewie
<inewie.32j713@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote:
I did not see the earlier message but did you create an account on
each machine with the exact same name and password and then log on
with whatever account?

Thank you for the message,

I read in the following forum(the last post so far):
Vista Backup and Restore center will not backup to Network Location - TechNet Forums

that I need to disable simple file sharing in the xp machine in order to solve the problem, then I read somewhere else that it is not possible to disable simple file sharing in xp home edition, so I gave up. I do not know if I am getting something wrong, but I just feel like backing up locally in a usb drive. I will try to create the same account in both machines as soon as i I have the time.

thanks

On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:06:27 -0600, inewie
<inewie.32l0b1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote:
If you go to network connections and then click on the conenction you
are using, right click then left click properties, you will see file
and printer sharing. Uncheck it and uninstall it and it should be
fine. Thsi is in XP Home, I just did it on my one pc that has Home and
it worked fine.

thank you, i managed to disable file sharing, but i am still not able to log on. I suppose i need some windows reading in order to do this. i get the message that username and password are not valid