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 hooked up my old computer to the network for a week so I could take my … Read more
Is there any way to connect to a network share via cmd.exe? Answer use net use, example: net use X: \\SERVER\Share Where X: is the drive letter you wish to map the share to, and \\SERVER\Share is the UNC path to the share. This should make the share visible in My Computer and the command … Read more
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 photo or video continues to get littered with “Thumbs.db”. I appreciate that caching thumbnails makes some sense, but I … Read more
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 way to switch user/password for a share without logging out and back in? Answer Are you mapping the share to your … Read more
My question is: How to set up file sharing correctly, in a home network, with Windows 8/10, so sharing any folder with “Everyone” (File Explorer->Right click on folder->Properties->Sharing->AdvancedSharing->Share this folder) actually shares the folder with everyone, without password, even with Microsoft accounts? Before you answer, please read on, because the trivial solution does not work … Read more
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 network shares to your (Windows Explorer/Libraries) favorites is a far better solution. Is this the case? Personally I find the convenience … Read more
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. In other words, I’d like for the host to have direct access to (at least some of the) … Read more
Is it possible to manually specify the username, in which Windows uses it when connecting to a networked share? perhaps \\username@host\… PS: Both the server and clients run Windows 7. Answer You can specify it through the command line using the net command. net use <driveletter>: \\<server>\<sharename> /USER:<domain>\<username> <password> /PERSISTENT:YES You can also specify different … Read more
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 the network. I don’t want to to use drive letters; I would just like to set up … Read more
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 to spit out an IP for me to connect to. Is there a way I can scan the network somehow? … Read more
