I shared two drives on my PC so I could play my media on my Raspberry Pi KODI box and one drive opens an Explorer window every 20 minutes on my PC.
One drive I shared was F: which is a partition on an internal SATA drive, it never opens a window.
The other was J: an external USB drive.
The...
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Hello guys...!
We use various OS such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 in our office. In the beginning there's no networking problem, Windows XP can access to higher Windows, and Windows 7/8 can access Windows XP. Everything's fine until installing windows update MS17-010 on last Monday for...
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One of the primary reasons people use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is to hide or disguise their true IP address while they're online. For instance, some sports fans can watch a game that's blacked out in their area by tricking a website into thinking the user/viewer, based on their IP...
I have my Windows 10 Pro computer to connected to cable modem via Ethernet. I am not using Wi-Fi, just Ethernet only.
I discovered two folders that I have not seen before. I deleted the folders and tried to turn off file sharing. I clinked to save changes and looked at the file explorer and...
I know its older but its what I have - I installed Win 2003 64 Bit server can't get updates to fire downloaded SP2 manually and installed. I have created a user - enabled remote desktop and confirmed that that username and password works.
I have created a share folder in multiple locations to...
Just after upgrading to the new Windows 10 anniversary update, I'm having problems with my network shares going offline after computer restarts and hibernation. The shared folders that I have set up are hidden/administrative type shares with the $ symbol at the end of the share name. After a...
I am very frustrated. I have a TON of work on my Macbook Pro, but it's old and I can't afford a new one. So, I purchased a pc laptop and now I am regretting it big tiime.
I NEED to be able to transfer all of the work on my Mac to my new PC, but NONE of the TEN external hard drives that I have...
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Hello everyone,
I've been trying to set up central "Documents" and "Downloads" folders for the two desktops and one laptop that I have and which are chatting away to each other in a miniature Windows network (homegroup). The reason for this was that I sometimes use one PC, sometimes another, to...
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we have about seven computers all running some version of windows from xp to 10. So's I can move files between them at will I habitually share all the drives. And, of course, every time I do I run into Microsoft's warning about sharing root drives.
never worried me. but now we have this...
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I'm trying to share a Windows 7 folder with a Windows 10 computer. I do NOT want to have identical user accounts on each machine. The objective is to share the folder, which I have done many times. Here are as many details as may be relevant:
Password file sharing is turned off on both...
I develop at home programs for use at work.
At work the pc's get data from the server
\\server\data\something
I want to run programs at home and have a drive or directory on my HDrive such that when program
asks for file from \\server\data\something then the local folder is accessed
I do not...
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I have 3 computers on my LAN, C1 C2 and C3. All 3 are on the same work group. I have just added a second HDD to C3. I have formatted this drive as drive “G” and have set it to be shared, with full permissions set. I can access this drive and its folders from C3. I can also access public...
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I've networked two Win 7 computers, A (tower desktop) and B (laptop). From B, I can create new folders and do anything I want on A, But on A I can't create new folders on B ("You need permission to perform this action"). This is preventing some needed software from running correctly.
- From A...
I am taking a few online college classes and I save all of my work to OneDrive so I can get to it from work if I find myself with some free time. The problem is that the folder I created does not show up when I look at OneDrive from my work laptop. Both machines are Windows 7 and I created the...
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Situation:
NAS connected to network.
NAS is reachable trough intern and extern networks.
Firewall has it webdavs ports open (5005 / 5006)
Router forwards the ports to the NAS his static IP.
HOW can i connect to this network externally WITHOUT the use of third party programs?
When i go to...
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I’m trying to setup a Homegroup connection between my desktop and laptop computers. Both are Windows 10. The desktop is connected to my router via Ethernet and the laptop uses wireless. The Homegroup on the laptop seems to be working ok. When I click Homegroup in Windows Explorer, it shows the...
Hey guys
I am having a strange issue with my Network which has windows 7 and XP computers.
Heres the issue :
Ive a windows 7 computer where my POS application is installed on with a basic folder Shared with no restrictions, means that everyone on the network can access it but after some...
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Here's the setup on my home network:
Win10 Machine A - Win 10 Pro, Automatically logs on Using a Local Account (In Netplwiz I Unchecked that users need to enter a User Name/PW and have an admin account automatically logging in).
Win10 Machine B - Win 10 Pro, Normal Logon process with a...