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Cannot Connect To Share On Windows 7 Box?
On my Win 7 laptop, I designated D: to be shared.
The "Guest" ID is enabled. The other ID has had it's password removed. Under Control Panel | Network Sharing Center | Advanced sharing options Home or Work has the following options set: File and Printer Sharing = Turn on file and printer sharing Public folder sharing = Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders Media Streaming = Media streaming is off File sharing connections = Use 128-bit encryption... Password protected sharing = Turn off password protected sharing HomeGroup connections = Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers Public (current profile) has the same settings where the parms exist When I to open that share from my XP box going through My Network Places, it sees the share, but throws "\\Vaio\D is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource...." "Access is denied" When I try to get to it by mapping a network drive to "\\VAIO\D", XP still isn't having any of it. I've tried just clicking "Finish" and I've tried "Connect using a different user name". I must be doing something dumb.... But what? -- Pete Cresswell |
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Cannot Connect To Share On Windows 7 Box?
From: "(PeteCresswell)"
On my Win 7 laptop, I designated D: to be shared. The "Guest" ID is enabled. The other ID has had it's password removed. Under Control Panel | Network Sharing Center | Advanced sharing options Home or Work has the following options set: File and Printer Sharing = Turn on file and printer sharing Public folder sharing = Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders Media Streaming = Media streaming is off File sharing connections = Use 128-bit encryption... Password protected sharing = Turn off password protected sharing HomeGroup connections = Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers Public (current profile) has the same settings where the parms exist When I to open that share from my XP box going through My Network Places, it sees the share, but throws "\\Vaio\D is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource...." "Access is denied" When I try to get to it by mapping a network drive to "\\VAIO\D", XP still isn't having any of it. I've tried just clicking "Finish" and I've tried "Connect using a different user name". I must be doing something dumb.... But what? Keep "Guest" disabled. Either use an account name and password on the XP the same as on Win7 or you will have to use a name and password of an account on Win7 to access. On Win7 Goto; Control Panel -- Network and Internet -- Network and Sharing Center Click on; "Change Advanced Sharing Settings" on the left hand side Turn On Network Discovery, File and Printer Sharing, Public Folder Sharing -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Cannot Connect To Share On Windows 7 Box?
Per David H. Lipman:
Keep "Guest" disabled. Either use an account name and password on the XP the same as on Win7 or you will have to use a name and password of an account on Win7 to access. On Win7 Goto; Control Panel -- Network and Internet -- Network and Sharing Center Click on; "Change Advanced Sharing Settings" on the left hand side Turn On Network Discovery, File and Printer Sharing, Public Folder Sharing Had all that in place before. Thought maybe it was that both devices had the same ID but PW was removed on the 7 box... but even with same PWs, no-go. That's when I tried enabling the Guest account. Bottom line, I guess I should be able to make it work without the Guest account. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Cannot Connect To Share On Windows 7 Box?
"PeteCresswell" wrote:
On my Win 7 laptop, I designated D: to be shared. HomeGroup connections = Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers Only Windows 7, and up, understand homegroups. It's a NEW feature introduced in that OS. When I to open that share from my XP box ... Windows XP won't know how to handle homegroups. That feature didn't show up until Windows 7. To share resources across a blend of hosts running varying versions of Windows and any are pre-7 then do NOT use homegroups. Use workgroups. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ons-of-Windows "If your network contains computers running different versions of Windows, put all computers in the same /*workgroup*/" By the way, on Windows XP, you will need the Guest account to be ENABLED. You might want to change it from a blank password to one that is strong to ensure no real person can use it. The SYSTEM account will use the Guest account to do the resource sharing but under restricted privileges for security protection. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300489 "In Windows XP Home Edition, all network connections are mapped through the Guest account." "By default, on computers that are running Windows XP Professional and that have not joined to a domain, all incoming network connections are forced to use the Guest account." I haven't bothered to find out if Windows 7 needs the Guest account enabled or if there is a difference between the Home and Pro versions as with Windows XP. |
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Cannot Connect To Share On Windows 7 Box?
From: "VanguardLH"
"PeteCresswell" wrote: On my Win 7 laptop, I designated D: to be shared. HomeGroup connections = Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers Only Windows 7, and up, understand homegroups. It's a NEW feature introduced in that OS. When I to open that share from my XP box ... Windows XP won't know how to handle homegroups. That feature didn't show up until Windows 7. To share resources across a blend of hosts running varying versions of Windows and any are pre-7 then do NOT use homegroups. Use workgroups. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ons-of-Windows "If your network contains computers running different versions of Windows, put all computers in the same /*workgroup*/" By the way, on Windows XP, you will need the Guest account to be ENABLED. You might want to change it from a blank password to one that is strong to ensure no real person can use it. The SYSTEM account will use the Guest account to do the resource sharing but under restricted privileges for security protection. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300489 "In Windows XP Home Edition, all network connections are mapped through the Guest account." "By default, on computers that are running Windows XP Professional and that have not joined to a domain, all incoming network connections are forced to use the Guest account." I haven't bothered to find out if Windows 7 needs the Guest account enabled or if there is a difference between the Home and Pro versions as with Windows XP. On WinXP Pro I have shares that are accessible, Guestx is disabled. I experimented with Vista Business and simple sharing did use Guestx. Disabling Guestx meant I got access denied. Then I changed permissions and added "Authenticated Users" to the share and was able to again access the share. In short, Guestx does NOT have to be enabled to successfully share data. It is just a matter of setting up permissions and usable accounts to access them. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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