Vista home P not remembering passwords for other computers in netw

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Cant get vista too remember usernames and passwords too other computers on my
network .. it keeps "forgetting" them after a reboot.
Seems microsoft left out the part of the code for network logons in home
premium.
they cant seriusly mean i should blow another ton of cash too upgrade just
for this feature?

isnt there a switch or protocol i can enable to get it too cache usernames
and passwords?
Pls help
 
Baard said:
Cant get vista too remember usernames and passwords too other computers on my
network .. it keeps "forgetting" them after a reboot.
Seems microsoft left out the part of the code for network logons in home
premium.
they cant seriusly mean i should blow another ton of cash too upgrade just
for this feature?

isnt there a switch or protocol i can enable to get it too cache usernames
and passwords?
Pls help
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Please explain what you mean. What kind of network? If you are talking
about Vista Home in a domain, this behavior of not caching user
accounts/passwords is expected and by design; just as XP Home cannot
join a domain, neither can the Home versions of Vista.

In a Workgroup (peer-to-peer network), best practice is to create user
accounts/passwords that match on all machines. Since authentication is
always done at the local level in a Workgroup, if the user
account/password exists on both machines (one asking for a shared
resource, one sharing that resource) authentication is achieved and no
further request for an authorized user (username/password prompt) is given.

If you mean something else, please post back.


Malke
 
Cant get vista too remember usernames and passwords too other computers on my
network .. it keeps "forgetting" them after a reboot.
Seems microsoft left out the part of the code for network logons in home
premium.
they cant seriusly mean i should blow another ton of cash too upgrade just
for this feature?

isnt there a switch or protocol i can enable to get it too cache usernames
and passwords?
Pls help
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Windows Vista Home, like Windows XP Home, won't cache usernames / passwords.
You'll have to re enter each time that you restart, if you want to use
"Reconnect at logon".
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-vista-which-edition-should-i.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-vista-which-edition-should-i.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
Ok,
so that means that just for a simple thing as cacheing usernames and
passwords on a workgroup based network , i will have to buy a much more
expensive version of vista?
or go onto my friends computers an make a user with identical too the one on
my own PC.

Cant be that much of a fix can it?
Oh well .. guess ill be typing in passwords for a while .. or reverting too
xppro ...

Chuck said:
Cant get vista too remember usernames and passwords too other computers on my
network .. it keeps "forgetting" them after a reboot.
Seems microsoft left out the part of the code for network logons in home
premium.
they cant seriusly mean i should blow another ton of cash too upgrade just
for this feature?

isnt there a switch or protocol i can enable to get it too cache usernames
and passwords?
Pls help
Click to expand...

Windows Vista Home, like Windows XP Home, won't cache usernames / passwords.
You'll have to re enter each time that you restart, if you want to use
"Reconnect at logon".
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-vista-which-edition-should-i.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-vista-which-edition-should-i.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
Click to expand...
 
Baard said:
Ok,
so that means that just for a simple thing as cacheing usernames and
passwords on a workgroup based network , i will have to buy a much more
expensive version of vista?
or go onto my friends computers an make a user with identical too the one on
my own PC.
Click to expand...

No. You will only receive the request for credentials if you choose not
to set up your network efficiently. As I said, in a peer-to-peer network
authentication is done locally (on the machine hosting the shared
resources). Create matching user accounts/passwords on all machines and
you will not receive the prompt for credentials. If you wish a machine
to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for
convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for
both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm


Malke
 
Baard Ã…. said:
Ok,
so that means that just for a simple thing as cacheing usernames and
passwords on a workgroup based network , i will have to buy a much more
expensive version of vista?
Click to expand...

That's the idea. This stratification of versions is a marketing tactic to
drive up the price of Windows and to circumvent possible legal
repercussions. Since MS has been ruled a monopoly, and was given a low key
warning re. pricing in the last decision, the doubling of the price to get a
fully functional version of Windows, might have raised potential problems.
By breaking the product up into multiple versions with different price
points there is less risk. Also a certain number of users will be driven to
purchase upgrades as they learn about missing capabilities generating
additional revenue. The facility to cache credentials is useful even in a
tiny home network and breaking it can server no other purpose. It seems to
be backfiring a bit as the multiplicity of Vista versions and varying
features may be one of the reasons (admittedly a lesser one) for it's slow
progress in the market.
or go onto my friends computers an make a user with identical too the one
on
my own PC.

Cant be that much of a fix can it?
Oh well .. guess ill be typing in passwords for a while .. or reverting
too
xppro ...
Click to expand...

If security (because passwords are exposed in plain text) is not a concern
you could make a batch file to map the shares. In XP Home this can be run
from startup, but in Vista has to be run manually due to UAC restrictions.
Here are some examples.

net use Z: "\\COMPUTERNAME\SHARENAME" /USER:Usernamename Passwords
net use "\\COMPUTERNAME\SHARENAME" /USER:Usernamename Passwords
net use "\\COMPUTERNAME\PRINTERSHARENAME" /USER:Usernamename Passwords
Cant get vista too remember usernames and passwords too other computers
on my
network .. it keeps "forgetting" them after a reboot.
Seems microsoft left out the part of the code for network logons in home
premium.
they cant seriusly mean i should blow another ton of cash too upgrade
just
for this feature?

isnt there a switch or protocol i can enable to get it too cache
usernames
and passwords?
Pls help
Click to expand...

Windows Vista Home, like Windows XP Home, won't cache usernames /
passwords.
You'll have to re enter each time that you restart, if you want to use
"Reconnect at logon".
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-vista-which-edition-should-i.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-vista-which-edition-should-i.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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A way around it for you is in Vista Network and Sharing> turn OFF password
protected sharing!
 
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