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Digital999
Jan 29, 2025Luminary
System not recognized in Windows connection
Perfectly operational ReadyNAS 626 system as of one week ago. Installed and recognized for the past three years. Connected and operational on five different Windows workstations. RAIDar can...
StephenB
Jan 29, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Digital999 wrote:
A windows browse enumerates/finds the device and lists it in browse window
Attempts to access device fail -- error message indicating name might have been misspelled.
It finds the system on the browse and lists it's name -- the same name as the past three years.
Worked fine until most recent Windows automatic update.
What happens if you run CMD and enter
net use * /d /u
net use z: \\nas-ip-address\data /u:admin nas-admin-password
Of course use the real IP address and admin password.
Digital999
Jan 29, 2025Luminary
The results mirror the Windows complaint...
"The local device name is already in use."
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