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NV+ v2 Lost Password when changing default browser
Hi
My Windows 7 still works fine but finally I decided to change the browser from Explorer to Firefox. I have several Netgear NAS, one is an NV+ v2. By setting Explorer as default it opens the Setup with RAIDar but gives no access to the files. The password seems to be lost.
This page is down: https://<ReadyNAS_IP_address>/password_recovery
Is there an update? I have moved lots of files, photos, to this NAS and would really not like to scrap them
OS is 5.3.13
What to do?
Haven't tried but, add a new user?
SUB-c
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SUB-conscious wrote:
The password seems to be lost.
The admin password was being supplied by the browser, and FireFox doesn't know what it is.
Assuming you know the password: You should be able to log in using https://nas-name/admin or https://nas-ip-address/admin (using the real nas-name or nas-ip-address of course). If you still get to the password recovery page, check the FireFox password list (in the FireFox settings), and make sure it has the right credentials for the NAS.
If you don't know the password: The default password is password so you could try that. But IE should still have it in its password list. You can also reset the admin password to password by doing an OS reinstall. Use the procedure on pages 24-25 here: https://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/HM/ReadyNAS_Duov2_NV+v2_HW_en_19-Sept-11.pdf
Thankyou for your reply, but I still cannot access the files
Reinstalling OS seems a bit risky so I’ll wait with that.
(Some words below might be translations of my own)
I don’t know the password. (It is not default, ’password’).
- A password I once used is found in Firefox but it does not work.
- Via Explorer 11 I can open the ReadyNAS Setup and find under ‘Configfure/Security’: my name, Prime group (Users), my e-mail address and a hidden password (dot dot dot…). Changing that password does not work.
- Googling on Explorer 11 I found this path: Tools/Internet Options/Content/AutoComplete section -> Choose Manage Passwords. However the option ‘Manage Passwords’ cannot be found in my browser.
So I have an unknown password that takes me half-way there. And then, full stop.
Can Firefox import password settings? I have not found any such option.
Sub-C
If you can get that far, then you have the right admin password. I'm unclear what you mean by "RAIDar won't give you access", because RAIDar has nothing to do with file access, it's a location, monitoring, and set-up tool.
Do you have HTTP acccess to the files turned on? Why do you want to use HTTP instead of Windows Explorer to access the files?
It may be helpful to go through exactly what you are trying to do, how you are trying to do it, and what the result of each step is (including any error messages). Because something doesn't seem to connect in your description.
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