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*ANOTHER* Win 7 x64 and Accessing Shares Issue (Ultra 4)
So I'm seeing plenty of people unable to access ReadyNAS shares from Windows PC's for what appears to be a variety of reasons but typically related to access restrictions/permissions... I find myse...
Windza wrote: Update: Bizarrely (at least from my POV), if I change the "Share folder owner" setting to 'TestUser' the share becomes accessible without any credentials??? And in case anyone's wondering, I've dbl checked the credential manager and deleted ANY reference to the NAS and also performed the cmdline "net use /delete *" to rid of any saved credentials...
I'm confused about your setting "Share Folder Owner" to TestFolder. This needs to be a user name. Setting it to TestUser would seem correct. Also, if your windows username is TestUser and the password on windows is the same as the TestUser password on the NAS, then it should let you right in without prompting for a password since Windows automatically supplies it. If the passwords are different it should prompt you. Sorry if I'm misunderstanding something.
steve
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