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Readyshare is not accessible.
Running windows 10, and had a major update yesterday and lost all my Network connections. was able to remap all my drives except my readyShare Drive. every time I try to remap it. I get an error ...
Found a solution:
go into user account in control panel
if you're in windows 10 select manage your credentials this will open 2 options
web credentials and windows credentials
head to windows credentials and add a new windows credential
enter the location of the drive \\readyshare on the first line
your windows user name in the second line
your windows password in the third line
and you're done, you should see the drive under network and be able to access it as before
good luck
Found a solution:
go into user account in control panel
if you're in windows 10 select manage your credentials this will open 2 options
web credentials and windows credentials
head to windows credentials and add a new windows credential
enter the location of the drive \\readyshare on the first line
your windows user name in the second line
your windows password in the third line
and you're done, you should see the drive under network and be able to access it as before
good luck
This absolutely worked for me!
The one thing to say is that when you create the Windows Credential - you must enter a user name and password, and...
1. I had to configure readyshare itself to allow read and write access to a username - i selected admin.
2. The windows credential required the router username "admin" and the password for admin. I tried my windows username and password, and i was able to connect to map the drive, but not open the contents of it. With admin and the password, i was able to get it to work!
>Found a solution:
>go into user account in control panel
>if you're in windows 10 select manage your credentials this will open 2 options
>web credentials and windows credentials
>head to windows credentials and add a new windows credential
>enter the location of the drive \\readyshare on the first line
>your windows user name in the second line
>your windows password in the third line
>and you're done, you should see the drive under network and be able to access it as before
>good luck