Solved Windows 8 Clients forgets credentials to Windows 7 after restart

[BSD]

Hi guys,

I'm using Windows 8 under VMWare Fusion on a Mac to access Windows 7 machine which acts as a file server. Both are part of Workgroup. The problem I experience is that after every reboot Windows 8 forgets the credentials despite checking the box "remember". Anybody else have this problem? How did you resolve it?

Thanks.

 

[BSD]

Found the problem. Apparently, it happens to Windows 7 users too.

One needs to go to Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> Credential Manager -> Windows Credentials and add a Windows Credential. If done this way, it will be saved and assigned Persistence: "Enterprise", whereas if done after reboot it will be "login only", last only current session and won't be saved in the system.

 

[Koolch]

Mine is set to Persistence: Enterprise. But it still forgets. I have to redo credentials in credential manager every session. real pain.

 

[GokAy]

This would be more of a workaround, but maybe you will like it:

- Open a new text document

net use \\computer_name password_here /USER:user_name /P:yes
start \\computer_name

- Save As - change file type to "All Files"
- Save as, say, connect.bat
- Double click bat file to open the file server or the share

This will open the share directly. You can specify a folder too, i.e., \\computer_name\folder

Example:
computer_name: W7Pro
password: zxcvb
User: myuser

net use \\W7Pro zxcvb /USER:myuser /P:yes
start \\W7Pro