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    Windows 7 Network Sharing a Password Protected Folder on Home Network

    This question is long and has been written about much in many strings in this and other forums. None have worked for me to date.:cool: I think that the issue may be that the provider of answers to these other similar questions seem to assume that the overall setup of the machine in question...
    • btvarner
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    • access control advanced sharing computer management configuration encryption file sharing folders home network network network discovery password permissions persistent connections private network security sharing troubleshooting windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Disappearing mapped network drive madness

    We have a small netwrok with one workgroup. We recently added a new machine running wn7Pro 64-bit. We had to fiddle for days with it just to make winXPpro and win2kPro workstations and their drives visible to it. That should be out-of-the-box automatic functionality, but it isn't because Win7Pro...
    • pzbrawl
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    • compatibility configuration connection issues file sharing intrusive assumptions lan legacy systems mapped drives network issues persistent connections troubleshooting user experience visibility win2k windows 7 windows networking windows update winxp workgroup
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Network mapped drive to Windows 7 system dropping connection

    I have two Windows 7 Ultimate computers and around 10 Windows XP (Home and Professional, SP2 and SP3) computers trying to connect to it. It's just a LAN (no internet access). I have set all of the password-protected sharing off on the Win 7 systems. I have tried opening up ALL of the...
    • jwright8
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    • 32-bit access control batch file connection issues file sharing home network lan mapped drives network network settings permissions persistent connections sharing settings startup troubleshooting user credentials windows 7 windows security windows xp
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Networking

  4. Windows 7 Missing Network Drives

    Every now and then I will "lose" all of my network drives. Ending explorer.exe and reloading it always fixes the problem. Does it forget about my drives or something?! :o I have seen this once before in my life with XP, but since moving to 7, it has been a semi-regular occurrence (once a week...
    • jeradw
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    • explorer explorer crash mapped drives network drive network issues office network persistent connections shares windows 7
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 "Could not reconnect all network drives" Problem

    Hello all: I've found several others having the same problem as I on this and other forums but no answer yet. I have a home network that includes an XP-based home server of sorts. I hang my Drobo off that server and share it to my home Network. On all my other PC's I access it as my "N" drive...
    • Dajad
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    • backup bugs connectivity error message file explorer file sharing home network manual connection mapped drives network drive network issues network settings persistent connections reconnect shared drives sharing settings system setup user credentials windows 7 xpserver
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Windows Networking