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Windows 7 and share access...
I have a strange problem. I access the Radynas NVX (Raidiator 4.2.22) from two laptops with win 7. But they behave different, allthough set up more less comparable:
On both laptops the user has administrator rights in Windows 7.
How could be and how to overcome? Any ideas? Thanks!
Can I attach pictures here? I do not see how...
From the one laptop I see under network all shares on the Readynas including admin, home, c, ... and can access them
From the other laptop I only see the public shares without the home shares, and subsequently I cannot connect to them.
On both laptops the user has administrator rights in Windows 7.
How could be and how to overcome? Any ideas? Thanks!
Can I attach pictures here? I do not see how...
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- Remember that Windows will automatically present your Windows Logon to the NAS when you access it. If the NAS denies that credential, you'll get a user/password prompt. If the NAS doesn't deny it, then you get the access rights specified in the NAS for that user. Administrative rights in Windows don't count.
From your symptoms, the first laptop is logged in with user name = admin, and has the proper password. Only the built-in admin account on the NAS will see the "C" volume and the "home" directory.
The second laptop is using different credentials.
You can confirm this (and also set the credentials you use with the NAS) by running the Credential Manager in the Windows control panel. - Thanks for the hint with the credential manager. I will check this!
- So I had a look to the credential manager. Never saw before.
When configuring here the same admin rights, the things behave the same on both computers.
I'm just wondering where windows took the login and passwords? When defining a workgroup for the NAS and the win7 laptop, I think the network device was allready recognized by windows without asking for passwords. Of course I logged on to Frontview with the browser, but I would not expect, that this is connected to the folder access... Strange!
Thanks for your support!
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