Logging in to Non-Domain Network Share from computer on Domain
I've got amachine running Windows 7 logged on the network domainbut when I try to map a share to a machine on the network, but not registered on the domain I cannot connect (even though I have a local account on the networked machine).When attempting to connect Windows 7 prompts me for my connection credentials and it automatically fills in the domain name. How can I connect to this network share using credentials that are local to that network share?
January 20th, 2009 7:05pm

Have you tried entering the username prefixed with the machine name, i.e. MYMACHINE\myuser? That should automatically switch the "domain"
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January 20th, 2009 7:50pm

As Kjetil suggested, try using the COMPUTERNAME\USERNAME or WORKGROUP\USERNAME combination in the username field.Joe
January 20th, 2009 7:58pm

Thanks for the replys but that does not work. I tried typing in \\<servername>\<username> as well as <servername>\<username> and in both cases it fails saying that the resource is unavailable and that I might not have permission to access the network resource, yet I can map to that non-domain server share without a problem from an XP machine on the same domain.It appears to me that Windows 7 has taken the security leap that once a machine is registered on a domain it can only access other machines on that domain? That doesn't seem right??
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January 20th, 2009 11:00pm

I have both domain and non-domain computers in my network, but I have no problem.What OS is the computer with the share running? Are you by any chance trying to connect to a NAS box or Samba server? If so, you may have to change some policy settings.
January 20th, 2009 11:07pm

Thanks for the reply, Kjetil. The machine that is not registered on the Domain is running Windows Server 2000. Here is more detail on what I'm trying to do:If you have a share on a non-Windows 7 machine (let's callthe machine"TestServer" and the share "TestShare") that is not registered on the domain and you go to a Windows 7 machine, on the same network and registered to a domain,and try to map a drive letter to that share, what do you put in the credentials box?When I attempt to do this the credentials box comes up with a place for Username and a place for Password and below that is says "Domain: XXXX" (where the XXXX's are the domain that the machine I'm trying to map from is registered).On the "TestServer" machine there is a local logon account, let's call it "LocalAccount". On a machine with XP I can simply choose to map the drive and select the 'connect as a diferent user name' and supply the local account credentials and the drive will map. In this case, if I simply type"LocalAccount" into the Username box on and supply the password the XXXX domain is automatically added to the Username and the logon fails because "TestServer" isn't part of the domain.It would seem like there should be an option to not pre-pend the domain nameor choose to use local login credentials??
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January 20th, 2009 11:52pm

When you say local credentials I assume you mean local on the "TestServer", not local on the Windows 7 box. Then you should be able to just type in TestServer\LocalAccount and the password (the domain you see should automatically switch to "TestServer")Also; have you tried mapping the drive using the IP address (i.e. \\xx.xx.xx.xx\TestShare)?
January 21st, 2009 12:07am

Yes, local credentials are local to the TestServer. When I type in TestServer\LocalAccount the domain listed does switch to TestServer but I still cannot connect. If this should work then it must be something else on my end, I just thought there was something I was missing or a new way to do this type of mapping. Thanks again for the help.
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January 21st, 2009 12:35am

I retried the process, deleting the current "browsed" connection to the share, and re-mapped the share and selected the option to logon using different credentials. At this point I typed in TestServer\TestAccount and everything mapped successfully.Thanks again.
January 21st, 2009 12:58am

I'm running Windows 7 in a domain and was having a having a hard time mounting up a samba share on a linux box, since the linux box wasn't a part of the domain and Windows 7 insisted on pre-pending our domain name. When asked for a user name, instead of connecting as "admin" (which inhereited "domain\"), I connected as "\admin". It worked like a charm!
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May 28th, 2009 5:29pm

Hello, my problem is: the server does not accept the username or pass win 7, when trying to connect to the domain. You help? Thank you
May 28th, 2009 8:23pm

I found that to make login/passwords work in windows 7, it needs the following "fix": click the start button and type secpol.msc in the search function. Browse to "Local Policies" -> "Security Options". Now look for the entry "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it. Click on the dropdown menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated". Apply the settings. more details here: http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270746
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July 3rd, 2009 12:18am

I was having the same problem as Stunnerkline -- Windows 7 computer in domain trying to connect to a Windows server not in the domain. Would not work. This included connecting to both shares and secure web pages on the server. Used \user and it worked perfectly. Have been working around this for a week now and then spent 3 minutes online just nowfinding the answer. Thanks cmulkey!
November 20th, 2009 3:03am

I had the same problem and I did try the \\[IP Address]\[Share Name] and it worked. When it asked for credentials I entered "\[local admin username]" (where local means the server that the share is hosted on) and password. The question is why is it not liking the hostname? I can ping the other machine with the hostname, so I know that DNS can resolve the name to an IP.
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April 30th, 2010 4:06am

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