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Pistolpete11
Sep 22, 2014Aspirant
Help with SECURE access
Help please - in simple steps. I have tried reading a lot of the forum points, but they don't address the issues in full for me. I have been reading on the BBC website about how they reckon people...
StephenB
Sep 23, 2014Guru - Experienced User
The credentials should be in User accounts (though I no longer run XP...)
Try opening a CMD window (dos box) and enter
nasname = name of the NAS
sharename = NAS share
username = user credential you entered for NAS
It should prompt you for a password.
If it succeeds, it will map the Z drive letter to the share. If it fails, post the error here.
Try opening a CMD window (dos box) and enter
net use * /deletewhere
net use z : \\nasname\sharename /user:username
nasname = name of the NAS
sharename = NAS share
username = user credential you entered for NAS
It should prompt you for a password.
If it succeeds, it will map the Z drive letter to the share. If it fails, post the error here.
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