Map network drive on different domain?

englishpremier · 25 Feb 2011 at 12:54

Bought a laptop via a business website, but it came with Win7 HP on it.

This means that it cannot join a domain, like our other computers.

It is however on the same network. How do i go about mapping a network drive on this computer?

Deleted member 77746 · 25 Feb 2011 at 14:48

englishpremier said:
Bought a laptop via BT business, but it came with Win7 HP on it.

This means that it cannot join a domain, like our other computers.

It is however on the same network. How do i go about mapping a network drive on this computer?

\\[ipaddress]\share assuming it's on the same ip network.

englishpremier · 25 Feb 2011 at 15:17

Nah different ip network, but \\servername worked. it asks for a username and password which it then remembers and allows access.

Cheers.

Phal · 25 Feb 2011 at 15:47

Id sent the damn thing back and ask for a laptop with the right OS on it! Unless it was just something you forgot in which case you can still return it I guess? lol

We've had various customers go and buy laptops on their own before thinking they were getting a good deal... till they realised the wrong OS was on there!

englishpremier · 25 Feb 2011 at 16:12

Nah i knew what OS was on there. I offered the boss a choice and he chose this one as it looks nicer and was £70 cheaper (that's the OS then). ~It's half going to be used as a personal laptop anyway.

For what it's used for should be fine. Exchange email works fine. I've mapped the drive now and it reconnects at logon - no worries.

Deleted member 77746 · 25 Feb 2011 at 21:38

englishpremier said:
Nah different ip network, but \\servername worked. it asks for a username and password which it then remembers and allows access.

Cheers.

Glad that worked, you could use the 'net use' command to map a network drive in a script if you needed too.