mapped drives

Whenever I try to map a windows 7 drive in my laptop to windows 8.1 laptop I get the following error that the spelling is not correct(but this is not true). I have checked the spelling finding no problems and I have opened all folders for sharing and security is set the same way reading and...

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Hi As per subject, Windows keeps on asking for credentials when I try to access a document on our SharePoint site. I also get this every single time when I try to access a mapped drive. It doesn't matter if I click on the checkbox to "remember username/password", I will always be prompted...

So, I've got a few issues and questions here regarding mapping a drive for use on other computers within a home network. I want to map my Windows 8 computer's media drive (which doesn't have the OS, but has everything else - media content) to another computer (a Windows 7 laptop). Is there...

I have a Dell OptiPlex 990 I purchased last May. I just restored it to factory settings because of a non-related issue, IE and a software DLL registration problems. Now that the system has been rebuilt and reattached to the Domain, I can't see networked computers. I am however, able to map a...

I am new to Won 8 and am frustrated beyond belief. MS - Stop changing things and let us alone (XP and Win 7 were great)!! I have successfully mapped two NAS drives, but I cannot perform a :"save as" from screen shot or "Save web page" because the pane that pops up refuses to show the mapped...

I used to map a NAS drive on my Win 7 Pro 32 bit machine. Now the mapping is no longer available. I go to the "Map Network" and the letter is GONE. I can still access the NAS HDD via "network" in the Windows explorer. but I have links constrcuted around that drive letter. HOW DO I DELETE AND...

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I'm trying to create a system image on an external hard drive using the Win7 software (i.e. STart>Control Panel>System and Security> Backup and Restore). I understand that the external HD must be connected directly to the computer so I disconnect the internet and connect the HD (using a...

Just got a new pc that has W8, came from XP. I have a popcorn hour NMT with an internal HDD that I have networked and was working fine with my old pc. The drive is mapped and is visible in windows explorer and I can even upload files to it with Filezilla. When I try to modify a file through w...

my dos application is installed in the c: of a xp server. my client is a win7-64 running virtual pc xp mode. can i map the c: of the xp server to the win7-64 virtual pc xp mode client. i.e. i want the full c: of the server to be mapped as z: in the win7-64 virtual pc xp mode. (to map, should i...

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first of all, thanks for all those who have aided me in getting to my virtual pc xp mode now please, a couple of NEW queries: query 1 I have installed a 16 bit DOS based application in the C: of the virtual XP Mode (it is a DOS based application, so there is no installing procedure) An icon...

I have a problem I have two win 7 machines one is a 32 bit and the other is a 64 bit. They are both connected to a network wirelessly. The machine that has the router is a XP machine. On the two win 7 machines i am trying to Wac into the other to have access to all the files on it so I do not...

So, I have a Western Digital My Book 1.5 TB hard drive connected to my Asus RT-N66U router, and it seems to be losing connection? Under Windows 7, it mapped perfectly, and was always accessible, but now after upgrading to Windows 8, it won't stay mapped. I'll restart my router and computer...

When one of my Exec's laptops boots to Windows 7, he presses CTRL ALT DEL and the screen does not return the login box until 15-20 seconds later. Then he can login fine. He is part of a special OU so he does not get the Windows Updates that the rest of our users receive. I took an image of...

When you try to map to a network drive of a DFS Share by a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7-based computer, you receive an error message. This behavior is by design. This article describes a way to work around this behavior. Link Removed

I have a problem with the speed of my mapped network drive. At first al is wel and file loading is as fast as to be expected. But after some time the transfer speed drops dramaticaly and it becomes very slow. I tested it primaraly with loading of image sequences, but it affects all file loading...

Keeping a fixed drive letter for a mobile phone For over a year, I have been connecting my Android phone to my laptop with USB so that I can sync certain files. The software I use needs to be told where to sync to, and until recently this was always drive I when the phone was connected...