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Mapped network drive connection timeout
I have server "Alpha" and server "Beta". Server Beta has a shared folder, that is mapped on server Alpha as "X:"
On server Alpha there is a .vbs script that runs and take some files on local drive and ...
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What does “net use /HOME” actually do?
The documentation states
Connects a user to their home directory.
The notion of a "home directory" isn't really something I'm used to in a Windows environment. Obvious web searches didn't turn up ...
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Windows stops copying files after a few folders
I'm trying to copy a folder of mine to my other machine. The other machine got a folder shared. I have read/write access, and can copy files. Sometimes. Sometimes not. For some reason it just stops ...
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Why does my “hosts” file entry have no effect when accessing network shares?
I added the following line to a Windows7 hosts file:
127.0.0.1 mecserver
Using ping mecserver works fine, but if I use this name to connect to the notebook (like localhost) to see the Windows ...
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Task Scheduler and Mapped Drive Invalid Disk Specification
I have a task in Task Scheduler to run a batch file that resides on a local hard drive.
The batch file simply runs XCopy to copy files from a mapped drive to a folder on the local drive.
When the ...
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Unable to access any machines on Windows 7 shared folder
I am not able to access any computers' shared folders in the Network, not even my own PC. I get this message :
Windows cannot access \\MyPCHostName
Network path not found
When \\MyPCHostName is ...
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How come network drives are available in other locations but not on her local machine?
We have a user that is able to access her network drives from Citrix and from the VMs. However, on her local machine either 1 of 2 things will happen. 1) She will see them there and can open them up ...
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Can access Windows share by IP or FQDN address but not by hostname
One of the lab computers at the school I administer is not able to access a any shares under the \\ad\data$ directory. I can access it from any other computer on the network. If I use the IP ...
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How can I copy a file on a network share using a different login with powershell or batch file?
I have a file in a shared location that I want to copy over to my local harddrive. However I will not be running as a user that has access to the share. So I want to be able to authenticate under a ...
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Windows 7 prompt for credentials for network shares?
In XP if you didn't have access to a share it prompted for credentials. Is it possible to revert this behavior in Windows 7 instead of just denying access?
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How to access a shared folder on Windows XP (advanced file share)
Information:
Server name: HSERVER (Windows XP SP3 Professional)
PC name: UPC (Windows 7 x64 SP1 Professional)
I have a folder, shared in Windows XP, with the advanced file sharing.
Permissions have ...
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How to increase mapped drive letters from Windows defaults?
I'm running out of drive letters to map my network drives. Does anyone know of a registry edit or any other way to increase the number of drive letters from the windows defaults (windows default is ...
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Unable to add folder / file to mounted WebDAV drive
I have a WebDAV folder mounted as a local drive.
Whenever I try to create a folder (or a file), it (Explorer) hangs for a long time, after which it tells me "The folder name you are creating is too ...
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I can't open executable shared on my network
I just set up a new Windows 7 machine and I am having accessing files on my network. I had no problem accessing the network shares and browsing through the files, but when I try to actually open an ...
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mount Command Works, but fstab Version Fails - Samba Issue
I can mount a share with this command:
sudo mount -o username=user,password=pass //192.168.5.227/share /mnt/share
And in my fstab I have this line:
//192.168.5.227/share /mnt/share cifs ...
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Get my domain-joined work computer to work in my home network
In my home network I have a wireless router to which you can connect two USB drives. I use these disks much like a simple NAS.
The problem is that my work computer that is connected to a Domain on ...
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How to “mount” WebDAV folder as a local folder instead of a drive?
I know I can use "NET USE X: https://server/" to mount a WebDAV folder to X:.
However, I'd like to know if and how I can use mklink to do the same, but with a folder, without mounting it as a drive ...
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Free (as in Freedom) or open source utility to mount shares via SSH/SFTP in Windows? [closed]
For Linux based systems there is the Free (as in Freedom) sshfs which lets you "mount" a network share via SSH or SFTP.
Is there an equivalent that works on Micro$oft Windows, usable both in XP and ...
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Samba transfers fail randomly without errors in Windows client
I just set up a new server for home use running Ubuntu 11.10. Installed the regular samba pkg and added a share through webmin. Seemed to work fine until i started transferring large quantities of ...
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Can I share my local printers redirected by RDP with other computers on the local network? Windows 7
I am using my W7 through RDP and I have a local printer redirected to the RDP server.
But I have found out that I can't share my local redirected printer with other network computers (my colleagues) ...
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Why would a DB connection over LAN be slower than a WAN connection?
I'd noticed for ages that a MySQL database connection over my LAN was significantly slower than a database connection over the Internet.
I'm running Windows 7 32bit and I'm connected to a switch ...
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Best practice for mounting shares under Windows
I help out administering a small Windows based organisation and they are using internet based storage. The PCs are Windows XP and the shares are accessed through open VPN to the internet provider. I ...
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Report users connected to server
Here is the exact request made:
Please determine how to enumerate the users who currently have a connection
to a server whether via terminal session (Citrix, RDP), via connecton to a
share on that ...
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Make windows 7 forget network drive paths
I once connected my network drives using the GUI and had selected the "Remember" feature. So every time the computer reboots, it auto-connects to the network drives.
Is there a way to tell it not to ...
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Notepad++ Slow on Network Share
Recently notepad++ seems to be very slow when dealing with files that are located on a network share.
I am editing small files (e.g. web.config) and it is slow to:
Initially open a file on a ...
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Can two users both control a third machine simultaneously using Synergy?
I've been a Synergy user for some time now, as I use a PC on the left side of my Mac.
My girlfriend and I both have our desks on each side of the other, and we'd like to know if it were possible for ...
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Correct user rights for Samba share
I have a server which I want to use to share files on a local network. Each user should have a own directory for himself as well as several shared directories:
FolderUser1 ... FolderUserN and ...
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Black screen when logging in to AD enabled computer
Network drives not working
Icons on desktop not showing properly (broken icons)
Slow start up time with "black screen" for longer period of time
I got two users with this issue, any idea what might ...
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Managing the Network from a linux machine [migrated]
I am using Linux at my work, and i am kind of a sys admin / IT support, (not exactly my title but i do this kind of things since there is no one else). There are mostly Windows user in my organization ...
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CNC Linux machine hangs when trying to acess a Windows shared folder
The CNC Linux machine hangs at this:
smb -s //NATS:192.168.0.201/FLEXICAM /flexicam/jobs/remote
I have Windows 7 on NATS as 192.168.0.201 and I can ping the other machine.
I think something is ...
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Connect TrendNet IP Cam to Windows 7 share?
I have a (rather nice) TrendNet wireless IP cam, model TV-IP312W.
One of the features is saving a hunk of video to a network share whenever motion is detected.
It works great with a WinXP share, ...
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How can I share my home-machine disk space with a networked client
I have an account on a remote machine which I need to use frequently. I do not have big storage quota there, so I have to copy a portion of my repository or delete some other stuff form there while ...
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Using bandwidth allocation effectively in a shared connection
I have a shared internet connection. So I use Netlimiter. I installed it on my desktop and it works perfectly. My doubt is what will happen if I install it on all the systems and allocate bandwidth. ...
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Is there a way to fix file location/indexing issues on Windows 7 network shared drives?
The problem I am having is that a file is downloaded onto X drive into a "Downloads" folder, and I think take that file and put it in a TV Shows folder, and the networked computer doesn't see it moved ...
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Windows XP local network sharing: 1GB .zip file is blocked; seeing “Access Denied” on copy?
I have two computers on our local network both running Windows XP. My main computer has local network sharing setup for \etc\install.
I have a folder with two 1GB .zip files, one of which I've had ...
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no access to websites within a local network
I have a mac mini and a macbook. On the mini runs a apache +php installed via macports. Everything works fine on the local enviroment. But I don't have access to the site with my macbook.
When I ...
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Shared folder between Host and Guest in VM player
I have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Basic and I installed Ubuntu in VM player. Now I want to share folders and files between Windows and Ubuntu. How can share a folder or file?
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Access to mapped network drive from a service
I created a service via srvany.exe like decribed here. This application needs access to a mapped network drive. I manually mapped this drive as local Administrator, but my application/service does not ...
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The share password is not saved and the system keeps prompting for it
I set my share to full control on computer A, but when I access the share from computer B, it prompts me for password.
Also, when I type in the password in the password dialog box, it works fine, ...
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Network printing solutions for printers unsupported in a 64bit O/S
We have a small (>10) network of Windows computers, mostly running 32bits XP and one HP LaserJet 2840 printer plugged in (via USB) to one of the XP computers. The computer that has the printer ...
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Removing “offline available” cached files
I made the mistake on actually enabling this feature on one of my network drives in Windows 7.
It's insanely annoying because it seems as it doesn't even make a real attempt to connect to the online ...
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troubleshooting Windows XP and smb
I have problem with mapping smb network shares to windows XP (net use and Windows Explorer). In LAN I have two Windows XP computers. One of them (let's name it XP_1) can map share without problems. ...
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Cannot allocate memory moving files over network share
I've got a shared folder on my network that holds my music. I recently converted my flac to mp3, and want to move the flac to the network folder. So I mounted the network share with sudo mount -o ...
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Word documents very slow to open over network, but fine when opened locally - on one machine
Windows XP, Word 2003, patched.
The issue is happening with several Word documents stored on a network drive.
The Word documents are clearly a bit wonky (i.e. one is 675k, but if you copy everything ...
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Accessing shared folders without logon?
How can I access a shared folder on a just booted Windows 2003 Server from a client computer without logging on to server?
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VirtualBox Shared folder problems on Fedora guest
I install vbox guest additions on Fedora for using Linux guest as server and my Windows 7 host for working. So, directory on my Windows (c:\web) mapped to Linux /web and my Apache server serve from ...
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On my Mac, under the 'Shared' folder it shows another computer in my house, am I hacked?
I didnt' setup any connection to another computer in my house (its a PC), and I just noticed under my 'Shared' folder in the file explorer on my Mac laptop I see the name of the PC.
How could this ...
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How to Install Windows 7/ XP from the network
I have 2 computers, but no Windows DVD
1st Computer is a new one - totally Blank. (Saw an option in BIOS to boot from network.)
2nd Computer is working and has ISO images of Windows XP and Windows7. ...
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How can you enable SMB2.0 on a router running DD-WRT?
I think the steps are something like:
Install DD-WRT on a router with an external hard-drive
Install Optware to get Samba
Upgrade to Samba 3.6 (the link shows Samba 3.5, but using the NSLU2 optware ...
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TP-Link storage server accessing from Mac OS
I have a storage/print server by TP-Link
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=232&model=TL-PS310U
I just connect usb-storage to the print server and on windows I can access that ...
