Generally used to share a resource over a network, including files and folders as well as printers or other physical devices
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Security Concern with my Windows 7 Box at Work
This question may be weird and misworded but I'm not a Windows expert by any means so feel free to correct me.
The group I'm in recently got new computers at work. They gave me a new computer and ...
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7answers
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Why is it bad to map network drives in Windows?
There has been some spirited discussion within our IT department about mapping network drives. In particular, it has been said that mapping network drives is A Bad Thing and that adding DFS paths or ...
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5answers
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How can I suppress those annoying Thumbs.db files in Windows Vista and Windows 7?
In Windows XP, there used to be a folder setting like "Do not cache thumbnails." I can't seem to find something similar for Windows Vista and Windows 7, and every folder on my network containing a ...
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3answers
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Share VirtualBox folders in reverse? Guest-Host?
I'm familiar with the process of installing Guest Additions and sharing host folders with the guest, but is there a way to do the reverse?
I have an XP host and Ubuntu 10.10 guest, with VBox 4.0.2.
...
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8answers
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Can a mapped network drive be reconnected from the command line?
On a daily basis I find myself in the Windows command prompt needing to access a network drive that is mapped but disconnected. I have yet to find a command that will reconnect this drive without ...
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5answers
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Is there any way to prevent a Mac from creating dot underscore files?
At work we're letting one of our very tech savvy clients actually help out a little with a few development projects specific to him. However, he uses his own personal Macbook, and as he edits files on ...
12
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5answers
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How do I change the user I am logged in with on a Network Share?
When connecting to a server via Explorer (not a mapped network drive) even if the "Remember my credentials" check box is not selected, Windows remembers the password until you log out. Is there any ...
12
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5answers
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How can I Map a Network Drive with Password so it stays mapped after a reboot?
I mapped a network drive to a location that needs a password. Now whenever my computer starts up, it tells me that it could not connect to that network drive because a password is needed.
How do I ...
12
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5answers
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How can I scan the local network for connected devices? (Mac OS)
I'm basically looking for something like this but available on Mac.
I am trying to connect a new workstation to our wireless multifunction printer and I'm having a hell of a time getting the device ...
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3answers
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Ubuntu + latest samba version, symlinks no longer work on share mounted in windows
I just apt-getted (apt-got?) the latest software for my Ubuntu 9.10 linux box, and I noticed that samba was the included in the update.
After the install, the symlinks in my home directory no longer ...
10
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2answers
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Disable Windows 7's “Open File - Security Warning” dialog for exe on network drive?
I have a mapped network drive, on which I store some programs, one of which I've put in my startup folder.
Unfortunately, this program "does not have a valid digital signature", which means that ...
10
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3answers
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Mac OS can't connect to SMB shares after sleep
I used to access my local Windows 2008 file server's SMB shares on my recent (3 weeks old) MacBook Pro without problems. However, for a few days now, it fails to (re-)connect to the server after it ...
10
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4answers
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Creating a local library with network shares/drives
I think the Windows 7 library feature is great - once you understand how it works, but it's pretty frustrating that you can't add network drives/shares to a library.
I fully understand that in some ...
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7answers
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What NFS clients exist for Vista Home (Premium)?
Preferably open source, but I'll take free (as in beer) if that's not available or even a commercial product if it is clearly the best option. I know there is a client built into Enterprise and ...
9
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2answers
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How can I setup an IPv6 network in this way?
I have a network mapped like this :
To experiment with IPv6 connectivity, I want to configure my LAN network using IPv6.
Can someone explain how to convert the connection between the Desktop and ...
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2answers
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1answer
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Share Truecrypt container
is it possible to put a truecrypt container on a net share and access/mount it form multiple machines (windows) at the same time?
I fear that if both would write the file could be corrupted.
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2answers
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Default username/password for accessing network shares in Windows 8?
I always had the same username and password on all my network devices (NAS, desktop PC, laptop) in my small home network. This allows me to access network shares of other devices without having to ...
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5answers
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How to auto syncronize files with network drive on Windows XP?
Windows XP: I would like to auto synchronize files between a a local drive and a network drive.
I am aware of Windows Briefcase but it is very slow and I have to tell it to synchronize. I really ...
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2answers
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When accessing a drive on a computer over the network, why do you use a '$'
When accessing a network drive over a network, i.e. \\BasementComputer\C$
Why do I need to use the '$', is this just a syntax thing?
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How can I share a printer on Windows 7 x64 with Windows XP x86?
I'm trying to share a printer that's on Windows 7 64-bit with Windows XP 32-bit.
I've tried:
Using the Add Printer Wizard on XP
Selecting network printer
Browsing for the printer and selecting it ...
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2answers
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How Do I Map a Drive Network Share Using the Linux Terminal?
Still getting used to Linux, and the GUI is great. I have Ubuntu 10 and I can go to Network and see the Windows network. Then double clicking this gets me to the drives that are shared. Then when I ...
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1answer
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OS X: How to avoid having to re-connect to network share after NAS was turned off?
I use Mac OS 10.6 to connect to a NAS drive using the afp protocol (Finder -> Go -> Connect To Server). I have set up the NAS to automatically power off during the day, and power on in the evening. ...
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6answers
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Can access Windows share by IP or FQDN address but not by hostname
One of the lab computers at the school I administer is not able to access a any shares under the \\ad\data$ directory. I can access it from any other computer on the network. If I use the IP ...
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5answers
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How can users read a PDF on a Windows network, without file locking
An office associate regularly updates a calendar PDF on a shared windows network drive. This calendar is referenced throughout the day by many of the 20-40 staff on the network, often leaving this ...
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2answers
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Hide user from login screen without deactivating it
I have several network shares and created user accounts for the people who want to access them on my computer, so I can give every user different access rights.
My only problem is, these users are ...
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2answers
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How to mount a network drive to a folder?
Does anyone know of a third party (or even windows native) solution to this simple problem.
I want to map an internal network share on our windows server to a folder on each of the client machines in ...
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2answers
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Can't Share Folders - “There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper.”
I'm trying to share my "Projects" drive (F DRIVE) with the rest of my network so I can access it from my new Laptop. Upon attempting to do so, however; I received the following popup:
I've tried ...
6
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1answer
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When browsing a specific network share remotely, Windows Explorer continuously jumps back to the parent folder
I am accessing a specific network path on another domain. It looks something like this:
\\CoputerName.OtherDomain.in\c$\Inetpub\Testing\Website\
In under 30 seconds, I am automatically jumped ...
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2answers
1k views
How to use an AFP network share with fast user switching?
I'm trying to mount an AFP network share from my NAS so that multiple users can have access when using Fast User Switching (FUS).
Once I mount the share as User1 and log into User2's account the ...
6
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1answer
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Disconnect from samba share
Sometimes during the same Windows (Vista) session i have to connect to the same (samba) file server in a workgroup (no domain) as another user. It seems Windows has cached the current connection with ...
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3answers
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How do I check if some one is accessing my computer from somewhere?
Here is a snap shot of my processes running on Windows XP
Is there anything suspicious?
How will you know if some one is accessing your computer remotely?
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5answers
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Samba+Windows: Allow multiple connections by different users?
I have a machine running Ubuntu with Samba that I use to share stuff with my family's Windows machines in our local network. Currently they access a share for movies/music/etc with one user.
I want ...
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3answers
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Change Directory (cd) to Network Share (Windows XP) in Ubuntu
How do I navigate in the terminal to a Windows network share?
I can access the Windows work-group using the GUI but I would like to get there in bash.
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4answers
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How can I trace NTFS and Share Permissions to see why I can (or can't) write a file
I'm trying to track down WHY I can write in a folder that, by my best estimation, I should not be able to write. The folder is shared with "Everyone" has "Full Control", with the files being more ...
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2answers
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Monitor the network shared folder?
I am looking for freeware/open source application which can monitor the shared folder on local network. I did use some freeware application , But stupid enough to forget its name :)
Thanks in ...
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votes
2answers
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How to make Windows 7 remember credentials for a Samba network drive?
I have a Samba share on my Ubuntu server which I map as a network drive on my Windows 7 Professional computer.
After every reboot it shows the drive as disconnected and to access it I have to renter ...
5
votes
3answers
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Why do I have only incoming traffic when copying from network source to network destination?
I have a VirtualBox VM that is located on a network share of my NAS.
When I copy something from the VM's disk onto another of the NAS' network shares (so the data is visible outside the VM), the ...
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6answers
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Why are certain folders in my XP network share really, really slow?
I have a workgroup set up with Windows XP. My file "server" is running XP Pro and the clients are running XP home. I've turned simple file sharing off on the server because certain clients need ...
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2answers
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How do I keep a server connected as a volume after sleep?
This would be in Mac OS X 10.6...
I know I can connect a server share as a volume and do so via a script so every time I boot up it gets mapped.
How can I make sure that same share is mapped after ...
5
votes
2answers
710 views
Software to search for shared files/folders in all machines in a Windows network
I am on a Windows network and would like to search for files and folders across all the shared folders in the network.
What is a good software/tool that can do this?
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3answers
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Enable SMB file sharing on OS X - “Incorrect Password”
I have a Mac running Snow Leopard connected to an Active Directory domain. I can share folders on the Mac and view files from Windows without problems.
When I try to enable my Mac account for write ...
5
votes
1answer
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Slow speed with shared folders in VirtualBox
I'm using VirtualBox 3 on my Ubuntu 9.04 desktop, and I've got a VM with Windows XP sp3 mapping my ~/Documents folder as a shared folder. The virtualised Windows is mapping My Documents to the shared ...
5
votes
1answer
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Set up a home network with different OSs
Here's a picture of my current network:
I guess you will need a little bit of explanation here:
I have a router (LevelOne WBR-6005), which receive my WAN signal, provided by my ISP.
The only cable ...
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3answers
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Show connected network shares (even those that aren't mapped) in Windows 7
So I can use net use on the command line to see all connected network shares, including those that aren't mapped to a drive letter.
Is there a way to see this list in GUI form in Windows 7? I ...
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3answers
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Permission Denied For Service under Local Administrator Account
I have a service that should copy some files over a network, the service is running under one of the local administrator accounts.
Logged in as that administrator I can manually copy the files from ...
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6answers
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How do I have a network share mount in Mac OS X persist between reboots
I currently connect to a Windows (smb) share via the Finder -> Go -> Connect To Server. I have to type in the IP (although I have saved the credentials in my keychain). If I reboot or logout, I have ...
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6answers
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Can't ping other machines in my network
I've got 3 machines on my network, all running Windows 7.
None of them can ping each other, either by name or IP address. (And because of this, they also can't see each other on the network, can't ...
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4answers
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Map ftp servers as network drives in Ubuntu Linux
I'm a new Linux user, just switched over from Windows. I've got a couple FTP servers I connect to on a regular basis through sftp. I was wondering if there was a way to, as we say in windows, map them ...
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4answers
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How can I stop others from seeing all my folders on the network?
I'm running Windows 7 Professional. When other users look at the "Network Places" and expand my Windows 7 system, all folders are viewable. How can I hide them?
