Setting up a remote file store on a Microsoft Vista machine

Issue

You set up a remote file store on a computer running the Microsoft Vista operating system according to the instructions in the advanced configuration guide, but re-indexing failed for all of the files in your vault.

Solution

To correct this issue, follow the procedures outlined below.

Create a new domain user account

1. Open the Active Directory Users and Computers and select the Organizational Unit (OU) where you want to create the account.
2. Create an account named AutodeskASPNETRemote. 
3. Create a password to match your domain password policy, and then set it to never expire.

Update the ASPNET user on the server machine.

1. In Windows Explorer, locate the machine.config file in the C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG directory.
2. Open the the machine.config file in a text editor, such as Notepad.
3. Replace
   
   <processModel autoConfig="true" />
   
   with
   
   <processModel enable="true" userName="Domain\AutodeskASPNETRemote" password="Password" />
   
   
4. On the command line, enter
   
   C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ aspnet_regiis.exe -ga Domain\AutodeskASPNETRemote.

Give the AutodeskASPNETRemote user access to the remote share.

1. On the remote file store machine, select the remote share, and then right-click. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.
2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.
3. On the Security tab, under Group or user name, click Add.
4. In the Select Users, Computers or Groups dialog box, add Domain\AutodeskASPNETRemote.
5. Click OK.
6. On the Security tab, under Permissions for Domain\AutodeskASPNETRemote, set permissions to Read.
7. Click OK.