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    I have several questions.

    I have a WHS in a back room and I have two pc's connected to it. Everything seems fine. I can access my shared folders icon on the main machine and listen to some of my tunes stored on the server.  I can view the photos, etc. I just can't add any files to the Shared folders. I get a permissions error. Is that normal? Should I not be able to just add music files from my pc to what appears to be mapped folders on my desktop?

    The only way I can add files to the music folder is through remote connection. I upload music files there but I can't upload folders containing files. Is that normal? It doesn't seem to make sense. Does the Shared Music folder not allow for subfolders? I'd like to be able to just mirror my music folder on my pc. Actually, I'd like to just have all my music files stored on the server but copying everything a few files at a time will take forever.

    One other question--I read that the HP servers come with additional software that will automatically search your connected pcs for media and put them in the proper folders on the server. Is this available somehow to people who just build their own server? Is there something in the works to allow this in the future?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    B.
    Friday, January 2, 2009 12:02 PM

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    Hi Bert,
    this would be normal, if your client PC establishes the connection as Guest, since guests have no write permissions.
    I'm not totally sure about Vista Home Premium, in XP the Home editions had some limitations in storing passwords, so the following hint may not work.
    Press Win+R keys and type control keymgr.dll.
    Add a connection for your home server and add a user name in the style servername\YourUsername and the appropriate password for this user on server.
    Log off and on again.
    If it works now, you had indeed issues with your machine connecting as guest.
    (Btw. after changing the permissions on the server you will also need to logoff and logon again on the client to get the changed permissions properly reflected.)

    If this does not work for you, you can try to map a network drive from the command line by entering a command in following syntax:
    net use x: \\server\music password /user:server\username
    Replace password either with the password in clear text or with an * to get asked for inputting the password.

    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Friday, January 2, 2009 2:32 PM
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    Hi,
    about access denied - this depends from the permissions, which you have set to the share via console (i.e. did you grant the user logged in to the client PC write permissions, don't you use any stored user names and passwords to access the server with different credentials). Which client OS are you using?
    Remote Access does not support uploading subfolders directly, it's a limitation of the interface. 
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Friday, January 2, 2009 2:01 PM
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    Hi Olaf,

    Thanks for the reply. I'm using vista home premium 64bit and I have a login user and a guest user. I can see all the files on the home server. I can see all the folders and I gave myself access. I can even copy files from the home server shared folder on my pc desktop to my local machine but I can't do the reverse. Is that normal?

    Thanks,
    Bert
    Friday, January 2, 2009 2:07 PM
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    Hi Bert,
    this would be normal, if your client PC establishes the connection as Guest, since guests have no write permissions.
    I'm not totally sure about Vista Home Premium, in XP the Home editions had some limitations in storing passwords, so the following hint may not work.
    Press Win+R keys and type control keymgr.dll.
    Add a connection for your home server and add a user name in the style servername\YourUsername and the appropriate password for this user on server.
    Log off and on again.
    If it works now, you had indeed issues with your machine connecting as guest.
    (Btw. after changing the permissions on the server you will also need to logoff and logon again on the client to get the changed permissions properly reflected.)

    If this does not work for you, you can try to map a network drive from the command line by entering a command in following syntax:
    net use x: \\server\music password /user:server\username
    Replace password either with the password in clear text or with an * to get asked for inputting the password.

    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Friday, January 2, 2009 2:32 PM
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    Hi Olaf,
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    The first option worked on the laptop. I'm going to try this on the main pc. If it works I owe you a great big thanks! I've been at this for three days now trying to figure it out.

    I have one more question about how music is stored and recognized on the server. When I rip cds on my pc it stores cds in individual folders. Will that work online if I keep the same directory structure. I'd like to just copy my files from my music folder directly to the server and access them there.

    Thanks again for your help.

    Bert

    Friday, January 2, 2009 2:55 PM
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    Hi Bert,
    if you store passwords that way, don't forget to remember that fact, if the password is changed on the server.
    Normally, if the logged in user password on the client matches the WHS user password, the access should be granted automatically with these user credentials.

    Since the server doesn't do more for the media files than sharing them, the detection is more a matter of the software or devices you use for playback. What exactly do you mean with "work online"?

    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Friday, January 2, 2009 3:02 PM
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    Hi Olaf,

    I was able to add a user and password under the credential type "A Windows logon credential" and that worked perfectly on the laptop that's connected to the home network, but my main pc doesn't give me that option--it's greyed out. I can only chose "A Web site or program credential". I added the administrator logon and password to that but it doesn't seem to work.

    Bert
    Friday, January 2, 2009 3:16 PM
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    Hi Bert,
    as I mentioned, I wasn't sure about the Vista Home Editions, since I don't use those. But it seems, that also Vista Home xxx is still unable to store network passwords.
    Did you try to put a line like that I typed before into a batch file and map a network drive on the fly?
    net use x: \\server\music password /user:server\username /persistent:no

    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Friday, January 2, 2009 4:30 PM
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    Hi Olaf,

    I know what a batch file is but I'm not sure how to create it for this. Do you just use notepad and name your file. Can you walk me through it. Say my server name is "myserver" and my user name is "jsmith"...how would I create a batch file for this.

    Thanks again for your help.

    Bert
    Friday, January 2, 2009 4:49 PM
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    I just realized that my laptop is running vista ultimate.
    Friday, January 2, 2009 4:52 PM
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    tanner778 said:


    I know what a batch file is but I'm not sure how to create it for this. Do you just use notepad and name your file. Can you walk me through it. Say my server name is "myserver" and my user name is "jsmith"...how would I create a batch file for this.

    Thanks again for your help.


    a batch file is a text file containing one or more commands (one line per command).
    Windows detects them by the extension of the file name .cmd or .bat (a bit outdated) instead of .txt, like
    connectx.cmd
    Ensure, that the folder options in Vista are set to show file extensions, because you otherwise may end with a hidden txt extension.
    This file you can execute via double click or by entering the name in a command prompt and it saves you from typing the entire command each time.
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Friday, January 2, 2009 5:24 PM
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