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Purpose

This article explains how to create a shortcut to your VCIT My Documents. It pertains to Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 computers only.

Windows XP

1. Open “My Computer” from either the Start Menu or Desktop
2. In the left side bar menu, under the heading “Other Places”, select “My Network Places”
3. From the “My Network Places” window, select “Add a network place” from the left side bar menu
4. On the Welcome screen, click “Next”
5. Select “Choose another network location” and then press “Next”
6. In the “Internet or network address” box, type in the URL to your VCIT My Documents folder
7. When prompted for a user name and password, type in your VCIT user name and password and click “OK”
8. Provide a name for this shortcut or accept the default. Click “Next”
9. Click “Finish”.

For convenience, you can drag the new shortcut to your local Desktop if you prefer.

Windows Vista

1. Open “My Computer” from either the Start Menu or Desktop
2. Click the “Map Network Drive” button
3. When asked “What network folder would you like to map?”, select an available drive letter and type in the URL to your VCIT My Documents folder in the “Folder:” box provided
4. Enable the checkbox labelled “Reconnect at logon”
5. Click on the “Connect using a different user name” link
6. Enter your VCIT user name and password, making sure to prepend your user name with VCIT\ (i.e. VCIT\jdoe)
7. Click Finish

You should now have a new network drive showing within My Computer.

Windows 7

1. Open “Computer” from the Start Menu
2. Click on the “Map network drive” button
3. When asked “What network folder would you like to map?”, select an available drive letter and type in the URL to your VCIT My Documents folder in the “Folder:” box provided
4. Enable the checkbox labelled “Reconnect at logon”
5. Enable the checkbox labelled “Connect using different credentials”
6. Click Finish
7. When prompted, type in your VCIT user name and password, making sure to prepend your user name with VCIT\ (i.e. VCIT\jdoe) and click OK

You should now have a new network drive showing within My Computer.

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