Getting Windows 7 to auto-connect to my Mac hard drives
Posted: 1. Nov 2010, 12:50
Hi there
I am running a Windows 7 guest on my Mac running Snow Leopard. I have a NAT adaptor and host-only adaptor set up. The NAT adaptor is used to access the Internet and wireless network and the host-only adaptor is used to enable Windows 7 to access all the hard drives connected to my Mac. I have mapped the hard drives to driver letters in Windows 7.
My Mac and PC have the same user name and password. However every time I log onto Windows 7 it states it cannot connect to reconnect to the drives. I then have to click on them and manually enter in my user name and password. This is despite the fact I've previously asked Windows 7 to store my login credentials.
I also put my Macbook to sleep and after waking it up, it sometimes cannot connect to the drives because it states they are already in use. In that case I have to suspend my Windows 7 guest and unsuspend it for it to work. However after putting my computer to sleep more than once, it often then has no issue connecting to the drives and I don't need to suspend it.
I did research this all on the Internet and at one point found a discussion relating to old Windows architecture which hadn't been changed but the person replying was coming at it from an angle of there isn't a problem you just need to understand the reasons why it is set up in this way. The problem is, I couldn't understand why it needed to be set up in the way he was explaining, especially as Windows 7 allows you to store your login credentials. So if anyone has any ideas, please post them here.
Kind regards
Infobleep
I am running a Windows 7 guest on my Mac running Snow Leopard. I have a NAT adaptor and host-only adaptor set up. The NAT adaptor is used to access the Internet and wireless network and the host-only adaptor is used to enable Windows 7 to access all the hard drives connected to my Mac. I have mapped the hard drives to driver letters in Windows 7.
My Mac and PC have the same user name and password. However every time I log onto Windows 7 it states it cannot connect to reconnect to the drives. I then have to click on them and manually enter in my user name and password. This is despite the fact I've previously asked Windows 7 to store my login credentials.
I also put my Macbook to sleep and after waking it up, it sometimes cannot connect to the drives because it states they are already in use. In that case I have to suspend my Windows 7 guest and unsuspend it for it to work. However after putting my computer to sleep more than once, it often then has no issue connecting to the drives and I don't need to suspend it.
I did research this all on the Internet and at one point found a discussion relating to old Windows architecture which hadn't been changed but the person replying was coming at it from an angle of there isn't a problem you just need to understand the reasons why it is set up in this way. The problem is, I couldn't understand why it needed to be set up in the way he was explaining, especially as Windows 7 allows you to store your login credentials. So if anyone has any ideas, please post them here.
Kind regards
Infobleep