shared folders

Here is an odd one. Win7 Enterprise PC connected to Server 2003 acting as a file server. For no apparent reason (no software or hardware changes on either machine) when attempting to map a drive from the server all mappings are named as 'Pen Drive' 'drive letter'. i.e mapping a shared folder...

Our 2 new Lenovo laptops, running Windows 7 x64 Home, are unable to see the shared folders on Windows XP desktop via wireless. I'm able to connect to the internet fine, and see the two laptops on the network. But I cannot see the WinXP computer and shared folders. Here's the kicker. I go...

Our 2 new Lenovo laptops, running Windows 7 x64 Home, are unable to see the shared folders on Windows XP desktop via wireless. The desktop is hardwired to the wireless router which is then connected to the Verizon modem. I'm able to connect to the internet fine, and see the two laptops on the...

I have an Admin account and a Guest account. I've worked out how to share folders (not just by using the "Libraries > Public" section) -- I right click a folder, go so Share With > Advanced Sharing > Security > go to Users section > select Full Control. That way both accounts can play and save...

Here's the scenario: I have two PC's with Windows 7. They're both members of the same HomeGroup. They can see and access each others libraries through HomeGroup sharing. All that is fine, but there something specific I want to achieve. I want to share a standard folder to my HomeGroup. Now...

I have a Xp Sp3 PC which has shared folders and serves videos to Vista media centre connected to the router. The problem started suddenly. List of videos loads quickly in media centre and then I go and click the video and choose video to play. This is where it takes up to 3-6 minutes to start...

Hi guys, Id be so thankful if anyone can help me with this issue because I am stumped. From my ISP I have a Netgear DG834GUv5 DSL Wifi router connecting: My desktop (wired) Win7 32 My lappy (wireless) Win7 64 My housemates 2 mac lappys (wireless) My laptop and desktop are connected via...

Hi. Setup: 1. Windows 7 Home Prem - (PC-A) This is my new machine 2. Windows XP Pro SP2 - (PC-B) This is my old machine which will end up being my server 3. Windows XP Pro SP3 - (PC-C) This is my netbook All three are connected wirelessly to a Wifi router. I'm quiet new to...

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I have four machines: A MacBook Pro, a desktop running Ubuntu and two desktops running Windows 7 64bit. To make it easier in describing the issue I am having, let's call my Windows 7 desktops as PC-A and PC-B. I have shared folders in both PC-A and PC-B that are accessible from all machines and...

Hi, Im a bit of a newbie on this forum, and an IT Admin at that (shock horror!) So, i dont spend too much time worrying about desktops. What i would like to know from the Win7 boffins is: Can Windows 7 users configure\make use of the new MS Server 2008 R2 feature File Classification...

ok so we have 2 laptops, both win 7, and a pc that has vista. our computer can see all the shared folders and access them, but our laptops cannot access our vista computer. It can see it, but when you click on it we get an error saying windows can't access\\(pc name)pc. We have tried so many...

Ok, so I recently purchased a new desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium. At home I have the desktop, an internet router/gateway combo from my ISP, an XBOX360 wired to the router, as is the Desktop, a Samsung UN55C7000 LED TV with wireless connection and a Samsung BD-P3600 Blu-ray player that I do...

I am pulling my hair out trying to get a few things sorted out with my home setup. I have media pc running windows 7 ultimate. But trying to stream AVI files over Cat6 cable to my local network to my media player [zensonic/ziova z500] just doesnt work, I can see the folders but not the...

First off, thanks for looking in here... I've searched everywhere, been at it forever it seems, and I'm just stumped. I bought a new PC to replace and older PC. Trying to get everything transferred to new PC(NPC) from old PC(OPC), going at it via FTP. Now for the problem. I've setup a...

Hi I have managed to get my Zensonics z500 media player to show me the media folders on my windows 7 machine, in the video library, but the files have no contents. If the original file on the PC had an AVI movie that file showing on the z500 is empty. It originally worked fine in the old XP pc...

I used to be able to access the shared folders of my Windows XP computer from my Windows 7 laptop, but not anymore. Printing also stopped working. The computers are connected through Powerline networking (running through the power cables). I can see the other computer in the Windows 7 explorer...

Hi all I have set-up a HomeGroup in my 2 computers network. One wired pc (Windows 7 x86) and 1 wireless laptop (Windows 7 x64) connected through a wireless Dlink router. How can I remove the old shared folders, which no longer exist, from the pc's homegroup. That's folders that had been...

Hello! I have two computers with windows 7. Desktop is connected through cable and laptop through wireless connection. I want to share files on desktop. So I have right-click on e: and y: on desktop and set them to be shared. I see them and I access them with my laptop except for +mp3...

I'm running Win7 on my laptop (Pavilion), wireless; have access to internet & my home server. My desktop (Acer) is running Vista; network printer is connected to desktop; the desktop machine can access the internet, and my laptop, and my home server. From my laptop I can ping my desktop by...