'Accessing SHIELD Storage' Support Article Improvement

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I noticed while setting up a SHIELD Server that the documentation for how to access the Nvidia SHIELD storage when using ‘Transfer files over local network’ on SHIELD can be improved for Windows.

Currently it states to:

Just double-click SHIELD (which may show up more than once), then enter in the username and password provided by the SHIELD

but this is not quite correct. As is seen in this forum topic, it just brings up the properties.

The Nvidia support instructions on this are much better here:

  1. Go to Settings > Device Preferences> Storage & reset > Transfer files over network, to turn this feature on.
  2. You’ll be presented with a user name and preset password that you can use on a networked PC to access SHIELD folders. Make sure your PC is on the same network as your SHIELD.
  3. From your PC’s file browser navigate to “\\SHIELD IP ADDRESS”
  4. Recommended - Map network drive: After entering your credentials, right click on the drive and select “Map Network Drive”. This will give you easy access to your SHIELD in the future.
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There is not much difference.
The Plex instructions do also tell the user how to activate it on the Shield.
The only difference is the assignment of a drive letter, which is not required.

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The big difference here is step 3 to navigate to the Shield IP address from windows explorer.
Plex says to find from the Network tab but this doesn’t help

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