Workgroup credentials

[Guest]

Greetings, all.

Has anybody yet managed to resolve the issue of credentials being asked for
over and over again as though they are incorrect?

My desktop (Vista) can access my laptop (XP) just fine but the blasted
laptop just keeps on asking for the credentials over and over when I try to
re-map my drives. I know the credentials are correct (I even re-did my Vista
password to be absolutely certain).

I have discovery and sharing allowed and they're in the same workgroup (Home).

I'm looking forward to an answer on this one.

 

[Prashanth Prahalad [MSFT]]

This can be caused by mapping the drives in different user contexts.

For eg -
(1) Map network drive in elevated context
(2) Try to open the same network drive in a non-elevated context - in which
case the user is prompted for password again.

 

[Guest]

Umm, what??

In English please?

This can be caused by mapping the drives in different user contexts.

For eg -
(1) Map network drive in elevated context
(2) Try to open the same network drive in a non-elevated context - in which
case the user is prompted for password again.

 

[Guest]

I've now resolved the issue myself.

Since I had to logon in safe mode in order to remove some larger files (see
my post on the disappointing file system) I added a password to the
administrator account whilst I was there.

Now I've mapped my drives but instead of using my Ian account (which IS an
administrator but oh well) I used the administrator account and it has worked.

*shrug* I'm still not sure why this is the case but at least I have my
mapped drives back.

 

[Prashanth Prahalad [MSFT]]

Ok. sorry about that

In plain english - the drives are mapped per user. That is a drive mapped by
UserA is different from a drive mapped by UserB.