XP won't remember network passwords

[Jeff]

Hi,

Having probs with a new laptop running XP Media Centre Edition. We have
a password protected share on the network and it refuses to remember the
login / password (there is no "remember password" check box) Looked in
the "stored user names and passwords" function of the user account and
none are listed, and there isn't an option to add one!

The user is logging in (on the laptop) with an account that has admin
privileges. I've tried creating another admin account, but it has the
same problem.

Any ideas? Is there some hidden security type function that may be
preventing the storing of passwords?

Any assistance greatly appreciated, it's driving me nuts!

Cheers

Jeff

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I know that it works on XP Pro [stored credentials] and maybe that is not a
feature of XP Media. Another possibility is to see if you can create a
mapped drive in Windows Explorer [tools/mapped drive] to that share and
select reconnect at logon.

Steve

 

[Jeff]

I know that it works on XP Pro [stored credentials] and maybe that is not a
feature of XP Media. Another possibility is to see if you can create a
mapped drive in Windows Explorer [tools/mapped drive] to that share and
select reconnect at logon.

Thanks Steve, I think you may be right with this, I've found lots of
others having the same issues when running XP Home or Media Centre.
I'll have to bear it in mind when we buy laptops in future.

Jeff