W7 not saving share credentials.

[FortWorthMac]

Hello all,

I had been running W7 RTM and VMware 2 with no problems. Yesterday I got my copy of W7 in the mail and I upgraded to VMware 3. I installed W7 with no problems on VMware.

The problem I am having now is upon rebooting W7 the shared folder I have mapped in W7 does not save my user name and password. I have to enter them each time. I AM checking the box to save the information. Any idea what I'm missing or is this going to be a bug in W7? FWIW the shared folder is on my iMac.

Thanks

 

[balamw]

Was your RTM Ultimate and is the retail Home Premium?

Home versions of Windows typically have not cached credentials.

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[FortWorthMac]

Was your RTM Ultimate and is the retail Home Premium?

Home versions of Windows typically have not cached credentials.

B

Yes and Yes.

I'll research a crack or hack around this.

 

[balamw]

Yes and Yes.

I'll research a crack or hack around this.

Good luck! It's one of the limitations of Home versions of Windows to stop business users from buying that instead of Pro/Ultimate. Like not joining domains, no VPNs, no remote desktop services,...

There have been hacks involving replacing DLLs and hacking the registry to essentially give some Pro/Ultimate features into Home, but your best "hack" is to anytime upgrade to ultimate if you really need this functionality.

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