Recent content by macleoda

Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on a Tosh laptop. Everything fine until a few days ago and NOTHING changed by me (new installs, configs, etc). My NAS drive always appeared as 'DISKSTATION' under 'Network' in Windows Explorer. Then it just disappeared. I have since noticed the following: - No...

Thank you. V helpful - and definite progress (although still not there!). I followed the article (Master Browser) and discovered that, through a know quirk of W7, both my W7 machines had reset their workgroup name from the setting I gave them and the Mac - WILF - to the standard WORKGROUP. So...

Saltgrass - thanks - honestly re Mac / logs good question but I don't really know... I'm not bad with PCs but the Mac only got in the house because the Mrs wanted it... I'd hope it wouldn't need too much tech support. Ref AFS settings, see attached. Couldn't lower the bar much more without just...

Thanks for very helpful post (most helpful so far). Sadly one step forward, two back... now (and with NOTHING changed!!) the XP machine is still connecting but the W7x32pro laptop is now behaving exactly like the W7x64ult desktop, i.e. instantaneous "Connection Failed" message from the Mac when...

I posted a full and highly-detailed diagnostic separately but, in short, yes - all "Advanced Sharing Settings" are identical in both the x32/Pro machine and the x64/Ult machine (and specifically password-protected sharing is turned OFF). Below is an extract of the specific part of my longer...

Yep - you can ping both ways, so it's not an IP level (basic connectivity) issue. My over-long other posts refer to this in some detail. Seems to be something very fundamental (like perhaps an authentication issue on the x64 Ultimate machine) which does not apply on a W7 32 bit machine or an...

Folks, Could it be I have (sadly) found a network issue which has defeated every Windows 7 expert community? I have posted my issue on every expert forum I can find, in total almost 1'000 views, but not one answer. Is this because my issue is too niche, or because the solution has in fact eluded...

Hi all, I posted a long (probably too long) issue recently but despite nearly 200 people viewing it, no-one offered a solution. So I am re-posting a shorter, clearer statement here but below I also enclose the long full diagnostic information (at the bottom). At home we have 4 computers: a...

Folks, I have been trying for months to get my Macbook talking to my W7 workstation. Finally today I devoted some proper time to gather some significant evidence, in the hope that someone smart out there can help as I am sick to the back teeth with this problem!!! Below I have written a long...