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Windows 2000 doesn't remember network passwords.
Hello,
When I add a network place under "My network places" in Windows 2000 Server and tell it a user and password to use for that place, it will work fine until reboot the computer. After rebooting.... walla, Windows asks you for the password again when you try to access the resource.
When I map a network drive and tell Windows 2000 Server to use a different user and password when connecting to this network drive (other than the one I used to log into the operating system...), again, I can access this drive just fine without the os asking me for a user and password. When I reboot my pc, walla, the os asks me for a user and password to connect to this network.
These problems are occuring on a freshly installed version of Windows 2000 Server. I am logging in as Administrator.
As you can imagine, this is quite annoying!!!
Can anyone offer an explanation and solution??
Thanks in advance.
When I add a network place under "My network places" in Windows 2000 Server and tell it a user and password to use for that place, it will work fine until reboot the computer. After rebooting.... walla, Windows asks you for the password again when you try to access the resource.
When I map a network drive and tell Windows 2000 Server to use a different user and password when connecting to this network drive (other than the one I used to log into the operating system...), again, I can access this drive just fine without the os asking me for a user and password. When I reboot my pc, walla, the os asks me for a user and password to connect to this network.
These problems are occuring on a freshly installed version of Windows 2000 Server. I am logging in as Administrator.
As you can imagine, this is quite annoying!!!
Can anyone offer an explanation and solution??
Thanks in advance.
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Nenadic,
A couple of the connections that I am trying to maintain are on Win98 boxes. With me logging into the 2000 machine as Admin each time, shouldn't I have no problem with the 2000 machine sending the PW to each of these machines?? I also set up the PW needed to get into each of these 98 boxes, so I know they are correct. The third connection I am having problems with is a drive on a Netware Network.
If I follow you correctly, do I have to log into each of these connections with exactly the same user and PW I use for the Admin account in Win 2K ??
A couple of the connections that I am trying to maintain are on Win98 boxes. With me logging into the 2000 machine as Admin each time, shouldn't I have no problem with the 2000 machine sending the PW to each of these machines?? I also set up the PW needed to get into each of these 98 boxes, so I know they are correct. The third connection I am having problems with is a drive on a Netware Network.
If I follow you correctly, do I have to log into each of these connections with exactly the same user and PW I use for the Admin account in Win 2K ??
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Door #2 is my situation exactly.
I am a smarter person than I was yesterday.....
Thanx much for your assistance.
russf
I am a smarter person than I was yesterday.....
Thanx much for your assistance.
russf
It's a pleasure. Glad to have helped.
If you want to access a resource by using different privileges - this is only possible if there are no conflicts between your account and the one you are trying to use - that is, you cannot have a connection to the same resource with two different levels of access.
That is why a reconnection with a different account doesn't work.