Mapped Network Drive Problem

Westyfield2

Westyfield2

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‘afternoon all,

Apple disclaimer: Yes, I own a MacBook or two. I however am not your typical Appletard, I only switched to the Mac way for laptops. For my desktops I always have and always will use Windows on machines I've built myself.

I’ve got Apple’s overpriced MobileMe service (bought it when the find my iPhone thing wasn’t free) and as part of it you get 20GB of cloud storage, called the iDisk (why the name I don't know :rolleyes:).

On my Macs it just works, and on my main Windows 7 PC I’ve got it mapped as a network drive (although it’s actually on the internet, not my network).
As per Apple’s instructions I’ve got the location set as https://idisk.me.com/YourMemberName, however the reconnect at login just doesn’t work.

At login it comes up with “Could not reconnect all network drives”. So then I open up Windows Explorer and like it said the drive isn’t connected. Double click on it and up pops the Username/Password dialogue but with both my Username & Password correctly saved in it. Hit OK and Bob’s your Uncle, connected fine. Rinse and repeat at reboot (ticking the Remember my credentials box doesn't affect it).

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So if it’s correctly saving my Username/Password, why won’t it connect automatically? Is there something about https that Windows doesn’t like doing automatically and forces me to click OK?

Ta,
Ed.
 
Have you tried deleting and readding it?

How about making a shortcut to the next folder down in the drive instead of the drive itsself as a share.
 
Well I've tried deleting and readding it, no difference.
Tried using \\idisk.me.com@ssl\username\ instead of , no difference.
Tried changing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters\BasicAuthLevel to 2 from 1, no difference.

So it's still not reconnecting automatically :(. Any more ideas?
 
opethdisciple said:
Try this.
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That's the same as I've been doing but http not https. Same problem though!

Forgot to say that also I've been trying with specifying the domain (i.e. [email protected]) incase it was trying to use my PC as the domain, no difference.


Just to recap: The mapping works fine. However on reboot it does not reconnect automatically. Double click the disconnected drive icon and up pops the username/password box with my details correctly saved in it. Hit OK and it connects. Reboot and it does not reconnect automatically. Rinse and repeat.
 
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Hmmm.

OS might be attempting to connect before your entire connection stack is up. Got any software firewalls etc running that might still be initialising etc?

Also, what does eventlog say.
 
Sin_Chase said:
Hmmm.

OS might be attempting to connect before your entire connection stack is up. Got any software firewalls etc running that might still be initialising etc?

Also, what does eventlog say.
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Had a look in the main event log, can't see anything of note. Note really sure what I'm looking for though!

There's no software firewalls or anything, just NOD32 AV.

Interesting thought about trying to connect before the system's ready. I've tried making a change in the Local Group Policy Editor* under Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Logon by changing "Always wait for network at computer startup and logon" to Enabled. Made no difference :(.

Also I've changed the WebClient service to start automatically rather than manually, that too has made no difference :(.



* - Unfortunately this PC I've only got Win7 Home Premium on (unlike my others which are on Professional!), so as there's no gpedit.msc I actually had to do it the long way - adding a new DWORD registry value at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon called GpNetworkStartTimeoutPolicyValue and setting the decimal value of this to 60. That'll teach me for being a cheapskate!
 
When you save a credential it may only be for the current logon session. You can test this by connecting to the drive, then log off, log back on and see if it still throws a wobbler.

You can manually add persistent credentials using the Credentials Manager in Windows 7. Search for it via the Start Menu. Once open, click on Add a Windows Credential. Follow the prompts. :)

You could also try deleting the mapping, then open a CMD prompt and type in:

Code: 
net use F https://yaddayadda/you /user:username password

Where F is the drive letter you want to use.
 
SiriusB said:
When you save a credential it may only be for the current logon session. You can test this by connecting to the drive, then log off, log back on and see if it still throws a wobbler.
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Same as when rebooted - "Could not reconnect all network drives" and have to double click on the drive and hit ok.

SiriusB said:
You can manually add persistent credentials using the Credentials Manager in Windows 7. Search for it via the Start Menu. Once open, click on Add a Windows Credential. Follow the prompts. :)
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Tried that, no luck. Oddly with it stored as a Windows Credential the username/password box isn't pre-populated when I connect, I have to store it as a Generic Credential instead.

One odd thing I've noticed, and it's the same in my screenshots earlier, is that whilst the username/password box that comes up when I double click on the disconnected drive is pre-populated with my details the "Remember my credentials" box is never ticked. If I tick it it'll be unticked at the next session. (Don't know if that means anything, just noticed it!)
 
SiriusB said:
You could also try deleting the mapping, then open a CMD prompt and type in:

Code: 
net use F https://yaddayadda/you /user:username password

Where F is the drive letter you want to use.
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That's what I'm doing now. Using a bit of VB to silently run a batch file at boot :). Proper bodge :D.
 
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