Vista Home does not remember network password

[Vista neworking user]

Hi,
I just installed Vista Home and i am unable to have windows remember the
password to my network drives. This happens for a samba as well as a
standalone network disk. It keeps asking me for the password after each
reboot. Vista is not in a domain, it is just a workgroup.

I tried the following methods:
- Explorer->Map network drive. Enter password, check tick box 'remember
password; Use the drive; Reboot; Asks for password..
- Browse network, click on the drive; Enter the password and check the
'remember password' box; Then map the drive, use it; Reboot; Asks for
password..
- Control panel->User Accounts->Manage your network passwords. It only lets
me add 'A website or program credential'. I am not allowed to create a
'Windows logon credential'. Created one anyway but it still keeps asking for
the password

Now I created a batch file in my startup folder that map the network drive:
<code>
net use K: \\Server\Share /persistent:yes /user:me password
if errorlevel 1 pause
</code>
But I really do not want to do that for a number of reasons: 1) my password
is stored in clear text on my computer. 2) When switching users, this might
lead to problems for certain username/drive mapping combinations.

I know that not remembering the network password was a known bug in windows
95/98. I know that it 'sometimes' was a problem on windows XP Home edition.
But please, please tell me that this has been fixed in the Vista Home edition.

Sorry for my lengthy post, but i have been searching the internet for weeks
now and I cannot seem to find solutions to this problem. Does someone know
how to solve this?

 

[mawkish]

Hi, I have the exact same problem. Please post any solution that you find.

net use s: \\snow\Share /savecred /persistent:yes

Line above always worked for XP. Just had to enter credentials when I hit enter and then never again. On Vista I get the login dialog every time I reboot and try to enter the share from Explorer.

I set "LmCompatibilityLevel " in regedit (see google) but no success.

My samba installation is quite old (2005). Could be an idea to use latest? How fresh is your samba?
/Magnus

 

[Vista neworking user]

Hi,
I just installed Vista Home and i am unable to have windows remember the
password to my network drives. This happens for a samba as well as a
standalone network disk. It keeps asking me for the password after each
reboot. Vista is not in a domain, it is just a workgroup.

I tried the following methods:
- Explorer->Map network drive. Enter password, check tick box 'remember
password; Use the drive; Reboot; Asks for password..
- Browse network, click on the drive; Enter the password and check the
'remember password' box; Then map the drive, use it; Reboot; Asks for
password..
- Control panel->User Accounts->Manage your network passwords. It only lets
me add 'A website or program credential'. I am not allowed to create a
'Windows logon credential'. Created one anyway but it still keeps asking for
the password

Now I created a batch file in my startup folder that map the network drive:
<code>
net use K: \\Server\Share /persistent:yes /user:me password
if errorlevel 1 pause
</code>
But I really do not want to do that for a number of reasons: 1) my password
is stored in clear text on my computer. 2) When switching users, this might
lead to problems for certain username/drive mapping combinations.

I know that not remembering the network password was a known bug in windows
95/98. I know that it 'sometimes' was a problem on windows XP Home edition.
But please, please tell me that this has been fixed in the Vista Home edition.

Sorry for my lengthy post, but i have been searching the internet for weeks
now and I cannot seem to find solutions to this problem. Does someone know
how to solve this?

Nobody has a solution? Or at least confirm my findings?

 

[Malke]

Hi,
I just installed Vista Home and i am unable to have windows remember the
password to my network drives. This happens for a samba as well as a
standalone network disk. It keeps asking me for the password after each
reboot. Vista is not in a domain, it is just a workgroup.

I tried the following methods:
- Explorer->Map network drive. Enter password, check tick box 'remember
password; Use the drive; Reboot; Asks for password..
- Browse network, click on the drive; Enter the password and check the
'remember password' box; Then map the drive, use it; Reboot; Asks for
password..
- Control panel->User Accounts->Manage your network passwords. It only
lets me add 'A website or program credential'. I am not allowed to create
a
'Windows logon credential'. Created one anyway but it still keeps asking
for the password

Now I created a batch file in my startup folder that map the network
drive: <code>
net use K: \\Server\Share /persistent:yes /user:me password
if errorlevel 1 pause
</code>
But I really do not want to do that for a number of reasons: 1) my
password is stored in clear text on my computer. 2) When switching users,
this might lead to problems for certain username/drive mapping
combinations.

It sounds like you forgot to create matching user accounts/passwords on all
the systems. If you do that, you won't be asked for credentials when trying
to access shared resources. For Linux, you also need to add the users to
Samba Users with smbpasswd -a.

Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need
to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

Malke

 

[GTS]

Hi,
I just installed Vista Home and i am unable to have windows remember the
password to my network drives. This happens for a samba as well as a
standalone network disk. It keeps asking me for the password after each
reboot. Vista is not in a domain, it is just a workgroup.

I tried the following methods:
- Explorer->Map network drive. Enter password, check tick box 'remember
password; Use the drive; Reboot; Asks for password..
- Browse network, click on the drive; Enter the password and check the
'remember password' box; Then map the drive, use it; Reboot; Asks for
password..
- Control panel->User Accounts->Manage your network passwords. It only
lets
me add 'A website or program credential'. I am not allowed to create a
'Windows logon credential'. Created one anyway but it still keeps asking
for
the password

Now I created a batch file in my startup folder that map the network
drive:
<code>
net use K: \\Server\Share /persistent:yes /user:me password
if errorlevel 1 pause
</code>
But I really do not want to do that for a number of reasons: 1) my
password
is stored in clear text on my computer. 2) When switching users, this
might
lead to problems for certain username/drive mapping combinations.

I know that not remembering the network password was a known bug in
windows
95/98. I know that it 'sometimes' was a problem on windows XP Home
edition.
But please, please tell me that this has been fixed in the Vista Home
edition.

Sorry for my lengthy post, but i have been searching the internet for
weeks
now and I cannot seem to find solutions to this problem. Does someone know
how to solve this?

Malke answered your question nicely as usual. For a little more
explanation, note that Home Versions of both Windows XP and Vista cannot
save credentials. This is often confusing because Microsoft ineptly
includes the 'remember password' checkbox in the home versions and Windows
simply ignores it.

An alternative to creating matching users is a start up batch file in the
form of
net use [X:] \\servername\sharename /USER"username password
(X is optional drive letter.)
There are 2 issues with this however. Firstly the password is exposed and
in Vista it needs to be run through task scheduler to circumvent UAC in
order to execute on startup.