Hi:
We have a new customer who had a recently had workgroup XP network upgraded to a Win2k3 Server with AD installed on it.
The individual who deployed the Win2k3 server setup 1 user account (username1) and two shared folders (data1 and data2) with full access to the shared folders for username1.
The mapped drives to \\sbs2k3\data1 and \\sbs2k3\data work fine for a little while until a computer is rebooted.
Furthermore, the client computers have not joined the domain and are still using their workgroup names.
However, the problem is as follows:
I can map using the username1 account until a computer is rebooted or logged off. Then, the shared drive is present but require input of the username and password again.
I’ve assigned full access and “everyone” to the shared folders so that the end-users would not have to be entering a username and password to authenticate to the mapped drive each time they reboot or turn on their computers.
The company does not want to change over to a full Active Directory domain if it doesn’t have to. They just need their software to be access the database on the mapped drives w/out Windows XP losing the password.
When re-authenticating to the mapped drives, Windows XP no longer has the option to “Save Password”.
Can someone provide a tip or two that I can use to work around constant Username and Password prompts to the mapped drives each time a computer is rebooted? Perhaps a policy that would allow the desktops to access the data folder freely.
The customer made it well known that they do not want to much change in their work environment and I am trying to keep this as simple as possible.
Thank you for your help in advance.
