From the vm when i atempt to access the network fileserver as in \\servername i am immediately prompted for authentication credentials and all is good. I've got a share on the host system as \\hostsystem\share for illustrative purposes and i atempt to access it via unc naming as i do with

Dave: Are you on a domain? If not, are the usernames and passwords the same across the VM, the host system and the file server? I believe before XP prompts for a user name and password, it automatically tries the credentials you've logged on with. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 7:45 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] vmware server and accessing shares on a host Hello, I've got vmware server running on an xp professional machine. One of my vm's is also running xp professional, it's in bridged networking mode. the network fileserver. Unlike the network fileserver access is not prompted for quickly, it takes almost a minute before i am asked for login information. Any additional information needed let me know, any suggestions appreciated. Thanks. Dave. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins