access issues

Hi, I'm having difficulty in trying to access other subnets from windows seven - it doesn't seem to see any. In windows XP all i did was the following: My network places --> entire network --> microsoft windows network --> I can see all the different subnets and access them here. What is...

Setup: Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) I've been accessing the same couple of mapped drive shares, that reside on a linux host thru several versions of windows, XP, Vista and now Win7. I continue to get a rather ridiculous error message that only happens on win7 (I no longer have a Vista OS...

HI wmp wont let me play any clips off the net,it says Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct when i click web help is says- Windows Media...

It began when my company's network suddenly wouldn't recognize my user/password to access the folders on the server. My network admin tried to reset my password and even created a new user for me. Inexplicably a new problem arose. Clicking icons on the desktop or the start menu stopped working...

Hello, I have a 150 GB SATA and a 70 GB IDE hard drive in my computer. When I ran XP, everything was fine, but since Windows 7 was installed on my computer a few days ago, it doesn't recognize my IDE hard drive. The XP had been on the SATA drive, and the Windows 7 is there now as well because...

Greetings to all, Okay, I am trying to keep an open mind to the point that I invested my money into Win 7 Ult. 64 bit. While I find that it has some interesting addons, like Vista I find that is appears to be warmed over XP with the same features, just renamed and in different places so as to...

Hi, I recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows 7 to my computer and it works perfectly fine, but Windows can't seem to find my secondary hard drive with some very important stuff on it. I earlier installed Ubuntu to try it out (from recommendation of a friend) and I could access the drive...

I have Windows 7 Home edition on a new computer. My old drive is now configured as a USB drive. I would like to delete all unnecessary data and use it for backup. Windows 7 will not allow me to delete (or even see) all the files in the Windows XP directory, even though I am logged in as...

I am unable to access the internet from public network connections.It shows that I am connected to the network, but will not let me go out to the internet or download email. I have no issues with this when I am on my home wifi network. Other people at these public locations do not have these...

Most computer problems I can solve myself but now I am at a loss. I can't even figure out if this is a hardware or software problem. Basically the computer starts up and works normally. But on shutdown it just stays on the logging off screen permanently. Another problem I have is that when I...

I have set all groups, users, etc. will all allow permissions. I have 2 computers - one laptop one desktop using windows 7. Laptop has Home Premium and desktop has Ultimate. I can access and alter/edit files when I am on the desktop and accessing the laptop. I can access but cannot...

Hi all! I have problem with Windows 7 Home Premium installed on my laptop. Every time when i reboot computer it prompts me with this annoying message "Could not reconnect all network drives". Mapped drive in My Computer gets red X, and it allows access to network share only if I retype...

I have recently installed a NAS storage device to my network, I am try to "map network drive but cannot get further than the username and password screen. Ican see the drive when I browse to install however I am prompted to put my username and password in when I click to add. It is asking...

hello everyone i have windows 7 pro 64 bit i tried to delete some dll file that is in program file in c and then it wrote to me you need permission to perform this action you require permission from ...... to make changes to this file i look it up in google and i've tried everything... nothing...

Hello, I currently have 2 HD, one 160Gb SATA and this 80Gb IDE. I was using both normally, but since yesterday I can't access my IDE HD. The unit is gone in My Computer, as you can see in this SS: Imageshack - semttuloix.jpg But when I access Disk Management, there's the disc, labelled as...

Hi All, Setup as follows: Thomson Speedtouch 585 on 192.168.1.254 PC w/ Windows 7 wired on .72 Laptop w/ Windows 7 wireless on .66 Xbox 360 wired on .64 iPhone wireless on .68 Internet works fine on all devices. Have got the 360 set up using the PC as Media Center which is working fine and...

Normally I can create shortcuts in START menu to a file on local harddrives without any problem. However when I want to do this with a file on a volume/network drive which is later (after bootup) mounted then this is NOT possible. When I drag a file e.g. from WinExplorer...

I have a NAS (Western Digital MyBook World Edition) and recently I've upgraded my OS to Windows 7 64 bit (from 32-bit Vista) and I'm experiencing strange problems with NAS presently. When I start it up while Windows is working the system discovers it and allows access, but when I shut the...

Hi, So basically I have a ethernet connection with a PC and a laptop but recently I got a weird network issue, where I can't get connection with the PC when the laptop in the other room isn't turned on :S. When the laptop is off then it says on the PC Unidentified Network and can't connect or...

Hi all. I have just joined this forum and this is my first post. I look forward to being a part of this support community. I maintain a website in which one folder on that website is protected by a password. In Windows XP and Windows Vista, the first time you try to access something in that...