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10-26-2007
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| | security and drive sharing I have 2 Vista machines, the primary machine is the print server and contains the USB external drive where backups go for both the primary and the secondary machines. Both the primary and secondary machine have the same user named, both have no password associated with the account. When I try to share the USB drive with the secondary machine it fails because the accound on the primary machine doesn't have a password associated with it. So, I create a password on the primary machine account. One the secondary machine I manually connect the USB drive and click the reconnect after a reboot. When I reboot the secondary machine the USB drive is not mounted automatically I have to manually enter the login and password. I also loose the ability to print on the secondary machine until I mount the USB drive. Is there any way to make sure that the drive and printer are always available on the secondary machine even after a reboot? Thanks SamA |
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10-26-2007
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| | Re: security and drive sharing Microsoft update may fix this issue. Check this link for the update. Windows Vista Update and download 10. A "Web Services on Devices"-based printer appears as Offline after you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep .... http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=859 -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "SamA" <SamA@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2646A3F5-C223-4175-9357-0A5377C0969E@xxxxxx Quote: >I have 2 Vista machines, the primary machine is the print server and >contains > the > USB external drive where backups go for both the primary and the secondary > machines. > > Both the primary and secondary machine have the same user named, both have > no password associated with the account. When I try to share the USB drive > with the secondary machine it fails because the accound on the primary > machine doesn't have a password associated with it. So, I create a > password > on the primary machine account. One the secondary machine I manually > connect > the USB drive and click the reconnect after a reboot. > > When I reboot the secondary machine the USB drive is not mounted > automatically I have to manually enter the login and password. I also > loose > the ability to print on the secondary machine until I mount the USB drive. > > Is there any way to make sure that the drive and printer are always > available on the secondary machine even after a reboot? > > Thanks > SamA |
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