shared folders

Hi, So I bought a crossover cable just to connect two laptops. Like, a network. Mine is running on windows 7 and the other laptop is running on Vista. So I configured both laptops to be in the same workgroup (left the homegroup in win7) and configured both NIC's to have an IP in the same class...

I have been having a problem with my home network crashing when using WIndows 7. For some reason, whenever I tried to access shared folders or computers on my home network, windows 7 would show "limited connectivity" and I would lose my internet connection. The crazy thing, is that Windows 7...

I have viewed many other threads here but none of them have solved my issue. Anyway, I have a lappy with Windows 7 and a desktop with XP. Both are on the same router. When I go to network view on the Win 7 computer I can not see the computer but I can see the Windows Media Player sharing...

Hey everyone, I'm on the verge of tears over this! I recently installed 7 (x64) RC on my desktop which I had been using, among other things, to stream movies, music etc. to my XBox 360. Since installing 7 I've had no joy getting the XBox to even acknowledge the existence of the PC, either...

Hello, I am having problems accessing my home servers shared folders on Windows 7 RC, when i try to login with my user and password it just comes up with "Login Failure- Unknown User name or bad password". I am only seeming to have this problem in windows 7 it seems to work fine on Vista and...

With my old Windows XP PCs I used to access the files using the hidden network shares (i.e. c$). I am trying to do the same with the Windows 7 computers but am getting asked for a login. I have set password protected sharing to off but am still getting asked for a login. I tried the login I...

I have read every variation in several forums to no avail. I have 2 machines on running XP Pro SP3 and on running Win 7 7057. When I had Win Beta 7000 I figured out the Networking in a few minutes. I have been working on this for 2 days, with little success. I have figured out how to Map a...

Hi, I am having major networking issues. I’ve two systems that I’m trying to network. One’s a laptop running Windows 7 Beta (Build 7057) and the other is a desktop running Windows XP Pro SP3. I’ll detail the problem first, and then describe what I’ve...

Hola. Right ive got windows 7 installed (7057) i upgraded from my vista 64 OS. everything is fine apart from folder sharing on C: drive. all my folders that were shared on my other drivers before i upgraded to windows 7 work fine but the folders that were shared on my C: no longer work. ive...

I have a NAS, which is a Seagate Free Agent drive attached by USB to a Linksys WRT350N router. Linksys tech support got me to the point where the partitions on the drive are visible to the network ( in Local security policy under Network security:LAN manager authentication level I set it to use...