Mapping a SmartVault Drive on Windows Vista and Windows 7 Computers
This topic explains how to map a SmartVault Drive on Windows Vista and Windows 7 computers. For more information about SmartVault Drives, see
“Understanding and Mapping SmartVault Drives” .
To map a SmartVault Drive on Windows Vista or Windows 7:
1. If you use Windows 7, ensure that the Automatically detect settings option for Local Area Network (LAN) Settings in Internet Explorer is disabled.
In Windows 7, disabling the Automatically detect settings option for LAN settings in Internet Explorer improves the way Windows Explorer communicates with the SmartVault Drive.
Even if you use a browser other than Internet Explorer, such as Mozilla Firefox, you should go to Internet Explorer and disable the Automatically detect settings option in Internet Explorer.
The SmartVault Drive works in conjunction with Windows Explorer, and in the Microsoft operating system, Internet Explorer works on top of Windows Explorer. Disabling this setting in Internet Explorer improves the way Windows Explorer communicates with the SmartVault Drive.
To ensure that the Automatically detect settings option in Internet Explorer is disabled, complete the following steps:
a. Close all open Internet Explorer browser windows and Windows Explorer windows.
b. Open Internet Explorer.
c. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
d. On the Connections tab, click LAN Settings.
e. Ensure that the check box for Automatically detect settings is cleared.
f. Click OK, and then click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.
2. If you want to use the SmartVault Desktop software to help you map a SmartVault Drive, complete the following steps:
b. Verify that you are signed in to your SmartVault account. On the Start menu, click Start > Programs > SmartVault > SmartVault Launchpad.
c. If the Sign in to your SmartVault account link displays, you are not signed in to your SmartVault account. Click Sign in to your SmartVault account, type the email address and password for your SmartVault account, and then click Sign In.
Once you sign in, the Sign in to your SmartVault account link no longer displays.
d. If the Sign in to your SmartVault account link does not display, you are already signed in to your SmartVault account.
e. Click SmartVault Drive.
f. Select the drive letter you want to use for the SmartVault Drive from the drop-down list.
For example, select “S” from the drop-down list.
g. Ensure the Reconnect when I sign in to my SmartVault account check box is selected.
h. In the Email field, type your SmartVault user ID email address.
i. In the Password field, type the password for your SmartVault user ID, and then click OK.
SmartVault maps a SmartVault Drive to your SmartVault account.
3. If you want to manually map a SmartVault Drive, complete the following steps:
a. On the Start menu, right-click Computer, and then click Map network drive.
b. In the Drive field, select an available drive letter from the drop-down list.
c. In the Folder field, type https://docs.smartvault.com.
d. Make sure the Reconnect at logon check box is selected.
e. Click Finish.
f. In the User name field, type your SmartVault user ID, and in the Password field, type the password you specified for your SmartVault user ID.
g. If you do not want to enter your SmartVault user ID and password each time you connect to your SmartVault portal, select the Remember my password check box.
h. Click OK.
4. On the Start menu, right-click Computer, and then click Map network drive.
5. In the Drive field, select an available drive letter from the drop-down list.
6. In the Folder field, type https://docs.smartvault.com.
7. Make sure the Reconnect at logon check box is selected.
8. Click Finish.
9. In the User name field, type your SmartVault user ID, and in the Password field, type the password you specified for your SmartVault user ID.
10. If you do not want to type your SmartVault user ID and password each time you connect to your SmartVault portal, select the Remember my password check box.
11. Click OK.
12. If you want to rename your SmartVault Drive to make is easier to recognize in your drive list, right-click the SmartVault Drive, click Rename, and then type a new name for the drive, such as SmartVault.
13. If you want to create a link to your SmartVault Drive, or a link to any vault or folder in your SmartVault Drive, in the Favorite Links area in Windows Explorer, select your SmartVault Drive and then drag your SmartVault Drive up into the Favorite Links area in Windows Explorer.
The following image shows a SmartVault Drive added to the Favorite Links area of Windows Explorer using this method.
14. If you want to create a link to your SmartVault Drive, or a link to any vault or folder in your SmartVault Drive, on your computer desktop, select your SmartVault Drive and then drag your SmartVault Drive onto your computer desktop.
