Questions tagged [unc]
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Windows 10 Pro workstation can no longer access Synology File Share
Note that I have also cross posted this to Synology forums. I'm posting here because I'm not sure if the problem is with Windows or with the Synology server:
Background
Dozens of workstations with several Synology servers.
All workstations running…

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In Windows what's the difference between logging in via IP Address and by File Share?
I have two users on my QNAP NAS, one with admin privileges and one with read only. If I log into the file share in Windows File Explorer via \\192.168.1.xxx I enter my credentials for read only and get read only access. Now I open another File…

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Server cannot access its OWN UNC path share
I have some trouble with a Windows 2012 server(lets assume server name SERVER1)
Using administrator account (Domain Admin), this server cannot access \\SERVER1\C$ or its IP \\10.10.10.1\C$. error occurs with DIR command, Get-ChildItem and Windows…

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Using UNC Share with IIS ASP.NET 4.6.1
I have some ASP.NET 4.6.2 web sites that I want to run from a UNC share. The reason why I am doing this is to implement IIS Shared Config but as a first step I just want the nodes to run properly.
Each server (the multiple web servers and the server…

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UNC Network Shares Fail
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 installation that is acting as a DC. It has been operational without any problems since late August. All of a sudden, UNC share access experiences an issue where no-one (clients or the DC itself) can access the DC's…

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Transparent user migration to a new file server - just changing DNS?
So, file server migration.
I've robocopied everything over and kept folder permissions intact, I have recreated the shared.
My question is I need a transparent way of switching all the users from the old server (GB-LON-FS1.domain) to the new…

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Access a share on a server using another servername
We've recently moved to a new office, and merged our network with a bigger one (Trust between our domains), and now we are using the storage box of the bigger network.
This poses a problem for me:
My clients are used to access the storage box via…

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Unable to open/copy files on an encrypted UNC share after reboot of file server
I have 2 Windows 2012 environments. The first is a CMS that is accessing files on a the second server (file server).
One of the shares that I have on the file server is marked as encrypted. When I set this up, everything works great, documents…

Subversion
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RDP working but not able to ping and share can't be accessed through UNC
I am asking this for my live environment servers. So, kindly requested to consider this while answering.. I have 2 cases asked here. Please do number while answering.
1) I have a server which I can take RDP. And there are some shares inside that…

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Adobe Media Server Network Location for HTTP Streaming
Running Adobe Media Server 4.5 on Windows Server 2008. I have a mapped network drive (Amazon S3 connected via Webdrive) where all my videos are stored. Using a UNC path, I can successfully stream via RTMP. However, when I try to use HTTP streaming,…

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Why is IIS Anonymous authentication being used with administrative UNC drive access?
My account is local administrator on my machine.
If I try to browse to a non-existent drive letter on my own box using a UNC path name:
\mymachine\x$
my account would get locked out. I would also get the following warning (Event ID 100, Type…

Mark Lindell
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Windows "net use" command throwing error, "System error 1909 has occurred"
What is the likely cause of this, if the command is run on Windows Server 2008? It appears that this account is an administrator on this box. I'm running the Windows command line as an administrator also.
C:\>net use z: \\uwhc-sas2\SASHIMC…

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How many concurrent connections can windows 2008 r2 make to a UNC fileshare?
We have an application that makes request to a UNC path for files and serves them via IIS.
How many concurrent connections can a process on Windows 2008 r2 make to a UNC file share?
Are there any specific limitations on this, or is it purely a…

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UNC mounting from web application
I've got a problem with long-term UNC mounts from my web application cluster (Arch Linux to various Windows versions) timing out so am looking into short-term (on demand) mount/unmount cycles via scripting - the obvious problem is permissions. I…

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Windows 7 & 2008 does not ignore extra backslash in the middle of UNC path
So I have a GED system that store files following the following scheme:
File_Type\year\month\day\file_name.extension
and store that path in a DB.
You can choose to store only by month in that case the path would be: …

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