Month: December 2012

  • Access Synology from Windows 8 with a Windows Live ID

    Since I did upgrade my PC from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and did start to use my Microsoft account (Windows Live ID) to sign in, I am prompted for credentials when I try to  access shared folders on my Synology, although I did create an account with the same name on the NAS. The Credential Manager (formerly known as Windows Vault) is the solution!

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    First, to be sure that I did create an  account with the same name as my Windows Live Id on the Synology, I did check the name of that Live Id in C:\Users. It was the very same.

    However, that’s not the name sent by Windows 8 to the NAS.

    I could provide valid credentials but I don’t want to do that at each access. And unfortunately,  the old good “Remember my credentials” checkbox seems to be gone in Windows 8. But the feature behind this option (Windows Vault) is still available.

    1. If you are not on the Start Screen, type “Ctrl-Esc”
    2. Once on the Start Screen, type “Control” and select the search result “Control Panel”.
    3. In the “Control Panel” search box, type “Credential” and select the search result “Credential Manager” (This one is the feature formerly known as Windows Vault).
    4. Select the “Windows Credentials” button.
    5. Now, select “Add a Windows Credential.”
    6. In the view that opens, type in the hostname of your NAS or its network address
    7. Provide the user name and password that you want to use to connect on the NAS instead of your Windows Live ID.
    Et voilà!

     

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  • Fresh re-install of Windows 7 before upgrading to Windows 8 Pro for less than 15€

    As you really should know, if you bought a computer with Windows 7 home premium or above between June 2, 2012 and January 31, 2013, you can buy the upgrade to Windows 8 pro for about 15€!!! And actually, it works also for older Windows 7 PC as far as you mention that you bought it recently…

    Here is the link to get the Promo Code

    However, just like me, you most probably don’t want to upgrade your PC with all the crap currently installed on it. Instead, you want to upgrade from a fresh install of Windows 7. But unfortunately, you don’t have the setup media to re-install Windows 7 SP1 🙁

    No problem! The official ISO’s (English versions) from Microsoft are available here.

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    Reinstal you PC with the adequate ISO and upgrade next to Windows 8 using the Upgrade Assistant – providing your Promo Code to pay the lowest price (Payment with Paypal is available). No need to install any Windows updates for Windows 7 before starting the upgrade to windows 8. But when upgrading to Windows 8 choose the option “keep nothing” to have a cleanest installation.

    Finally, after the installation, delete the “windows.old” folder using the Disk Clean-up utility:

    1. Right click your System Drive and select properties
    2. Start the Disk Clean-up Utility (button next to the pie chart).
    3. Click “Clean-up system files” (Disk Clean-up will restart itself)
    4. Select now “Previous Windows Installation(s)” in the list of files to delete (This option was not available before step 3).
    5. Click “Ok” and confirm the “Delete Files”

    Et voilà!

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