Share without domain

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

If you have a server and client not in a domain, you can still connect
to a share by giving the password the first time you use it after boot

But this happends only if you browse the shared drive, if you click a
shortcut to a program on the share nothing happends (no dialog asking
for the username and password as when you browse the share): Why?

Earlier there was a setting to connect all shares during boot, and
that would ask for the password at boot. Fixing this....

But I can't find that setting in XP anymore... Help!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

If you have a server and client not in a domain, you can still connect
to a share by giving the password the first time you use it after boot

But this happends only if you browse the shared drive, if you click a
shortcut to a program on the share nothing happends (no dialog asking
for the username and password as when you browse the share): Why?

Earlier there was a setting to connect all shares during boot, and
that would ask for the password at boot. Fixing this....

But I can't find that setting in XP anymore... Help!

It's time you seized control of things instead of relying
on half-remembered settings. Two steps are required:

1. Create an account on the server that is the same as your
PC logon account & password. This gets around the
various challenges when you try to connect to a share.

2. Put these lines into the file
c:\documents and settings\all users\start
menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat:

@echo off
net use /persistent:no
net use * /del /yes > nul
net use S: \\YourServer\Share1
net use T: \\YourServer\Share2
etc.