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Win PE won't find my Network card
I'm trying to install windows7 x64 to a desktop with damaged optical drive. I have a laptop with windows7 x64 on which I'm trying to run a TFTP server for network booting of windows7 to my desktop. I ...
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Multiple user accounts from same client on network share?
My Win7 professional client has a connected network drive to the server with cached login (user/pw) data. How can I connect to the same server as a different user simultaneously?
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Using wireless for internet and LAN for file sharing simultaneously [closed]
How do I configure my Ethernet LAN on my computer to share file within my workplace and enable the Wireless to access internet and use both at the same time . I am using Windows 7 Professional.
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Windows 7 ad-hoc internet sharing - How to share with static IPs?
I'm trying to share internet via ad-hoc connecting two Windows 7 computers.
The ad-hoc network only works with static IPs, but when I try to share the internet, Windows pops a message saying that the ...
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ABE disabled when share name differs from folder name
This is the strangest behavior and I cannot explain why this happens. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.
I have a root folder with list permissions set to 'This folder only' for 'Everyone' and then ...
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“Network path not found” when trying to access network PC
I have 2 computers: Windows 7 desktop and Windows 8 laptop in a home wi-fi network. They are both configured to use passworded shared file access, not homegroup-based access. Desktop PC can access ...
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Windows 7: network file sharing password
I'm sharing some files between two Windows 7 computers but, even though I checked the "Turn on password protected sharing".
At the same time turned off the "Homegroup" function and checked the "use ...
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Win7 share cannot access \\localhost and cannot share folder
My problem occurred literally over after my switch crashed. Resetting the switch brought everything back to normal except my Win 7 laptop lost connection to my network share. The Win 8 desktop can ...
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Restrict admin shares
My users need local admin rights but I'd like to restrict the admin shares (c$) to domain admins only. I was reading about adding nt authority\interactive to the local administrator group, but i don't ...
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Long Pause While Saving to Windows Server Share
I got an issue that has been bugging me for a while now. I have a Windows 2008 SR2 server on my network that has shared drives I save company documents to. In some instances, saving documents to the ...
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Connect to windows network share through 2 routers
I have an android device (in my house, downstairs) that can connect to my Windows 7 share without problems through the Wifi signal of my router upstairs. Problem is, that is a pretty weak signal. I ...
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Grant access to Windows 7 PC to other computer users
A Windows 7 Professional computer, is connected to a network, however when specifying security settings to local resources (such as files & folders sharing, grant access to SQL server, etc) using ...
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Windows file sharing problems when using nested routers
My topology looks like this:
WAN
- Router 1 (LAN 192.168.4.1; 255.255.255.0)
- PC 1 (192.168.4.10)
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Temporary deny use of windows share
I would like to know if it is possible to temporary deny access to windows share folders for a specific user at a specific time range?
Example:
Deny access to user User1 for folder WolfyShare from ...
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Can't specify alternate login for remote share
This is hopefully a simple question. I'm trying to connect to a remote share from Windows 7. The first time I went to connect, I accidentally specified the wrong username. Now, whenever I try to ...
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Mapped drive won't let me login until I open a different folder in the same location
On my LAN I have a NAS drive. A folder is mapped to my PC.
Every so often, when I click on my mapped drive I get the error message
\location is not accessible. You might not have permission to ...
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Mapped network drive is behind a VPN; How do I stop Windows from auto-connecting at startup?
(After about 15 minutes of searching S.U. I haven't found any relevant questions, so excuse me if I got the wrong search terms, and this is a dupe.)
I'm running Windows 7 at work, and have a couple ...
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On login, how do I get Windows to mount/connect a mapped network drive automatically?
How do you automount an SMB share in Windows 7? When I first login, the drive appears but is not "mounted". It is a mapped network drive, but iTunes will not find the music located on the server until ...
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How to access shared folders set up on Windows 7 using a Windows 8 machine?
I set up several shared drives and folders on my Win 7 machines, so that any new machine running Win 7 with the same user name and password log in can use those drives and folders.
But on Win 8, I ...
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Why can't I connect to osx through windows 7 network explorer?
I just recently started trying to share files between my Windows 7 Pro PC and Mountain Lion macbook air. While I've figured out how to get the basic functions working, I have a couple of questions ...
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How can I share a printer on Windows 7 x64 with Windows XP x86?
I'm trying to share a printer that's on Windows 7 64-bit with Windows XP 32-bit.
I've tried:
Using the Add Printer Wizard on XP
Selecting network printer
Browsing for the printer and selecting it ...
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Share audio between computers over network (like Mouse without Borders) [duplicate]
I'm using Mouse without Borders to share my mouse and keyboard between my laptop and desktop. I'd like, at times, to hear the system sounds and multimedia sounds from the laptop on the desktop as ...
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Can Windows shares potentially be accessible from Internet?
I've set up a Windows homegroup and made some folders shared between the computers on my home network. Strangely enough, it's not the automatically generated homegroup password (which is quite hard) ...
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How do I add “Everyone” to “Share with” menu?
In order to share things in my place, I have to go into "Specific people..." and choose Everyone. Is there a way to just put "Everyone" in the right click menu? Homegroup is not an option, since I'm ...
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How to mount Ubuntu server to windows network drive?
I am using windows 7 client and the latest version of ubuntu server installed inside vmware workstation.
Ubuntu server is a fresh install with just openssh server as the only program I installed in ...
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xtreamer doesn't see Window 7 shares
Weird situation after reinstalling Windows 7 on my PC. Suddenly the xTreamer (media streamer) that's connected to the same LAN doesn't see shares by my PC.
Other PCs (and even a MacBook) on the same ...
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Windows 7 asks for a domain user and password when connecting to anything but 7 Pro
So I get five PCs with the very same hardware, I install all of them with Windows 7 Pro 64bits, and give each one a consecutive name (for example, PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4 and PC5) with group name GROUP.
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Windows 7 can't access shared folder on Windows Server 2003
I have a Windows Server 2003 in my local network, made a shared folder with permissions for the specific user.
But the user can't access this shared folder from other Windows 7 PCs on the network. I ...
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Symbolic link or Junction to a Networked Samba Share
I have a samba share mounted as a network drive. However, I can't make any sort of symbolic link or junction point to it. Is this possible?
When I try the following command:
mklink /D X:\Samba\dir ...
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Action can't be completed - open in another program
This is driving me absolutely bonkers.
I have two screens with two Explorer windows open. Both are different subfolders in the same network path.
I pick a folder on the left window that I'd like to ...
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Win7 64 to Win7 32 File Over Network Transfer Issue
I have 3 machines all running Windows 7. Machine C & D are running Win7 Home Premium and Machine A is running Win 7 Business Premium. I can open files on B & C via Machine A and I can open ...
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Cannot access the shared folder
There is a shared drive in our university where anyone can share files. I had mapped this as a network drive on my computer earlier but cannot access it anymore. I am using Windows 7.
When I put the ...
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Share /var/www/ on Virtual Box CentOS 6.3 VM with Windows 7
I would like the ability to share /var/www/ on Virtual Box CentOS 6.3 VM with Windows 7 so I can:
Browse file tree's in my IDE.
Save changes without permissions conflicts during development.
I ...
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Win7 “net use” by ip address works, while computer name doesn't
At home we have 3 computers running Win7 Home Premium, x64. They are all members of the same workgroup. I can map a network drive by ip address but when I use the computer name I get "access denied". ...
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Why doesn't the network drive automatically connect?
I've set up samba on my Ubuntu desktop.
It appears to be something to do with the server. With all user accounts on Ubuntu(except the default one I use all the time) windows isn't able to/doesn't ...
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Network drives vanish from “My Computer”, even if they're deleted and re-added
I have a weird situation where I have several mapped network drives which works properly. I can access them by their paths (for example, N:\), and they properly show up in the sidebar in windows ...
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NFS Network path not found
I did setup a nfs share on my debian 7 server and been trying to mount it on a windows 7 machine.
I've tried the following:
C:\Users\David>mount \\192.168.178.240\backups Y:
Network Error - 53
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Cannot access network share - “The user has not been granted the requested logon type”
The issue is that I have a username and password setup on the computer I'm trying to access, but I'm not being prompted to enter the credentials for the network share I'm trying to access. It just ...
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Password Protect Specific Shared Folder in Windows XP
how can i password protect a specific shared folder and all the sub-folder/contents in it?
The PC which I want to password protect the folder is running Windows XP. My Workgroup are all using Windows ...
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Setting homegroup in Windows 7 for sharing files on a Network
I'm running a windows seven system which is connected to the hostel network.There are dozens of connected PC's that are using windows seven.My friends and I wanted to share files with each other on ...
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Can't re-share a previously shared drive
I have several shared drives on my pc, connected to a home LAN. When I wanted to rename one of those shared drives I received an "Incorrect function. Can't share drive" error. As a test, I plugged in ...
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Set up a home network with different OSs
Here's a picture of my current network:
I guess you will need a little bit of explanation here:
I have a router (LevelOne WBR-6005), which receive my WAN signal, provided by my ISP.
The only cable ...
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Mapped network drives could not be restored
This issue has occurred on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines. My computer is a member of an active directory domain Foo and I map a network drive using credentials to a remote domain Bar.
Anytime ...
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\\server\users\name doesn't show all contents
With Win7 Home Premium computers when I browse or map to \\server\Users\myname only 3 folders are shown - Documents, Music, Pictures - yet when looking at that directory from the local console there ...
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Mountain Lion fails to connect to Windows share after the connection is interrupted
I have a Windows 7 share that my Mountain Lion Macbook Pro connects to. The windows share is simply a user account.
For whatever reason, when my connection gets interrupted, the mac will show a ...
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Trying to share a folder from windows 7 to any device on network
Basically I want to share a folder from a windows 7 (Ultimate) PC to other windows/linux PCs running on the network.
Server Settings:
Trying to share folder D:\Media
R-Click -> Properties -> ...
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Windows seven cannot see or access network share, cannot access it's own share
First, until today, everything was working fine.
My windows seven cannot see any other computer. It see only himself, and when i try to browse it it does not work. If i try to access other networks ...
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webdav: adding office 365 location doesn't work
I'm trying to add a documentlibrary from office 365 sharepoint in my MS Server 2008 R2 as networklocation, but it tells me it is an invalid networklocation (which it isn't as I can enter it in windows ...
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Network Drives disconnecting, account currently disables
User machine is Windows 7 32bit, server is 2K8R2.
I have a user who will have her network drives disconnected (big red x). Double clicking them gives:
Locking/unlocking will work at times, ...
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Can't authenticate to shared network resource
There is a Windows 7 desktop PC with a shared folder on the root of the C drive (C:\sharename). This folder has Everyone with read/write access.
A Windows 7 laptop normally has a drive mapped to ...
