I have installed recently a network storage drive to my networking enviroments with desktop running windows 7, windows xp professional and windows xp home.Have this issues that even when the drive has been mapped with credential keyed in and save selecting "auto re-connect on each session" only in windows xp home. The pcs running windows xp professional and windows 7 allows me to create and save credential that allows the drive to reconnect each time the system boots up but not on xp home.Has tried multiple methods checking on firmware update, service pack upgrade, 3rd party drive map utilities and windows manual mapping but it does not help.Hope that someone could advise what could be done to resolve this issues since it seems very likely it due to windows issues.Under user account, manage stored password options, I could create credential in XP Pro but not Home.Thanks for your reply. 1 person got this answerI do too

This is normal behavior for XP Home. The inability to save credentials is an unfortunate limitation by design of home versions of Windows. One possible solution is to run a batch file on startup to map the drive.Example:net use Z: \\servername sharename \USER:username password.--"Simon Lau" wrote in message news:email non montr...I have installed recently a network storage drive to my networking enviroments with desktop running windows 7, windows xp professional and windows xp home.Have this issues that even when the drive has been mapped with credential keyed in and save selecting "auto re-connect on each session" only in windows xp home. The pcs running windows xp professional and windows 7 allows me to create and save credential that allows the drive to reconnect each time the system boots up but not on xp home.Has tried multiple methods checking on firmware update, service pack upgrade, 3rd party drive map utilities and windows manual mapping but it does not help.Hope that someone could advise what could be done to resolve this issues since it seems very likely it due to windows issues.Under user account, manage stored password options, I could create credential in XP Pro but not Home.Thanks for your reply.

This is normal behavior for XP Home. The inability to save credentials is an unfortunate limitation by design of home versions of Windows. One possible solution is to run a batch file on startup to map the drive.Example:net use Z: \\servername sharename \USER:username password.--"Simon Lau" wrote in message news:Gizlilik iin e-posta kaldrld...I have installed recently a network storage drive to my networking enviroments with desktop running windows 7, windows xp professional and windows xp home.Have this issues that even when the drive has been mapped with credential keyed in and save selecting "auto re-connect on each session" only in windows xp home. The pcs running windows xp professional and windows 7 allows me to create and save credential that allows the drive to reconnect each time the system boots up but not on xp home.Has tried multiple methods checking on firmware update, service pack upgrade, 3rd party drive map utilities and windows manual mapping but it does not help.Hope that someone could advise what could be done to resolve this issues since it seems very likely it due to windows issues.Under user account, manage stored password options, I could create credential in XP Pro but not Home.Thanks for your reply.

Oops. That was careless of me. Thanks for pointing it out.--"Wunders" wrote in message news:email non montr...Syntax correction: There is a back-slash missing between "servername" and "sharename". Also, the slash in front of "USER" has the wrong polarity. It should be forward instead of back-slash as in:net use Z: \\servername\sharename /USER:username password-- JW

Oops. That was careless of me. Thanks for pointing it out.--"Wunders" wrote in message news:Gizlilik iin e-posta kaldrld...Syntax correction: There is a back-slash missing between "servername" and "sharename". Also, the slash in front of "USER" has the wrong polarity. It should be forward instead of back-slash as in:net use Z: \\servername\sharename /USER:username password-- JW

I'm having a similar problem with XP Home SP3. It shows my network drive as "disconnected" after a re-boot even though I checked the "reconnect at login" box. Opening that drive (Z:) in My Computer connects it with no request for parameters or pw. How can I avoid this manual operation? You said to use a batch file with the NET USE command in it, but I don't know how to do this in the Startup directory.MF

It would have been more appropriate for you to open a new thread for this problem (ie click the "Ask a Question" box). Potential helpers may not look at threads that have already been marked as "solved".In any event, see if your situation fits into the following Microsoft KB Article:"Mapped Drive Connection to Network Share May Be Lost" < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684 >HTH, JW