One method to setup a Windows drive letter mount on is to use the command line interface. Â The Net Command controls a large number of windows functions, including File Share (Net Use), Printing (Net Print), Time Syncronization, Â Account information, and much much more…
For our purposes the Net use command, would look like this:
net use DRIVELETTER: \\Servername\FileShareName /USER:DOMAIN\username /PERSISTENT:YES
DriveLetter obviously would be the drive letter you would like to remap on the windows system.
Servername is the Macintosh computer server name, or IP address
FileShareName would be the Macintosh Fileshare that you would like to mount
Domain would be the domain or workgroup name that the Macintosh is broadcasting (System Preferences –> Sharing –> File Sharing –> Windows)
username is the user account name to login to the share as
/PERSISTENT:YES tells the windows system that this should be attempted for every login.
If this does not work, make sure you are using the correct workgroup/domain, username, user password, and have the correct fileshare name…
If you still can’t get it to work, then make sure your XP Pro machine is configured to authenticate users correctly across a network.
Open the local security options console.
1. start/run
2. type “secpol.msc” (without the “quotes,” then hit enter)
Local Policies/Security Options
1. Scroll down the list of policies until you get to: Network access: Sharing and security model for local account.
2. Double click the key.
3. From the dropdown menu, choose: Classic: local users authenticate as themselves.
4. Click Apply/OK. Then close the security console.