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Happy Drive Windows XP
  1. From the start menu navigate your mouse to the icon that says My Computer. When your mouse is directly above this icon, right-click to reveal a menu. Select Map Network Drive.
  2. The following window will appear. Type \\happy\username$ (where it says "username" is where you will type your PLNU username). Check the box that says Reconnect at Logon.
  3. Click the link that says Connect using a different user name (circled above). The following window will appear. In the User name text box, enter: SERVNET\username (where it says "username" is where you will type your PLNU username). In the Password text box, enter your PLNU password. If you see an option to Remember my password, mark this checkbox: this way, your Happy drive will be connected each time you start your computer.
  4. Press OK. The following window will appear. Log on to the drive. The folder will then appear available for you to use. By default, with Windows XP you will have to log on to your Happy folder every time you boot up your computer unless you complete steps five and six. If you had the option to save your password, this does not apply to you.
  5. NOTE: Only proceed if you are the only one who uses this computer and you have a password on the account on which you are configuring this.
    Go to the Control Panel. Click on User Accounts. Select your account from the list that comes up by clicking on the account. In the upper left of the window (shown below) is a link that says Manage my network passwords. Click this link.
  6. Click the Add button and the following windows will come up. For server, enter: happy\username$. In the user name box, enter: SERVNET\username. Finally, in the password box, enter your PLNU password. By completing these steps you will not be asked to type in this information each time you boot up your computer when you are logged on as this user.
  7. If you want to disconnect your network drive, you can do this my opening up My Computer, right-clicking on the drive, then selecting Disconnect. One reason you may want to do this is that only one Happy drive can be configured at a time per user.