Windows 7: RC b7100 - Network shares...again...

The problem:

My Ziova DVD/Network media player, which runs some sort of embedded Linux and SMB, can see the Windows 7 computer, but when I select it, it says: 0 shares

This worked flawlessly for years in Windows XP


What I have done:

Read through 30+ threads here regarding similar issues

Running Windows 7 RC build 7100

All IP addresses are correct and all PCs are in the same workgroup



I am in Work/Home connection type

Home Group is turned off

Network discovery: ON
File and printer sharing: ON
Public folder sharing: ON
Password protected sharing: OFF
HomeGroup connections: Use user accounts and…


Security policy:

Set allow blank passwords for remote users including GUEST

Made sure GUEST and EVERYONE is allowed access from network
Made sure GUEST is not denied access from network

Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" to "LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated".

Created regular shares with correct share permissions and security settings for EVERYONE and GUEST

Enabled NetBios over TCP/IP

Tested both with Firewall On and Off

Nothing works. I would appreciate any thoughts or insights.

Since it has some kind of Linux, could you bring up a shell prompt?

If you can, then maybe find out the similar command to Windows' net use command. Try mounting a network drive like that if you can.

There is no way of getting to a shell I'm afraid. Also, the solution must be on the Windows 7 side as this works fine from an XP machine.

I have exactly the same problem and symptoms with my Ziova and have tried everything you have + an MTU reg change to no avail.
I had this working in Vista 64 until this evening when I put windows 7 on. In Vista 64 (and prior to that XP) I also had to do the guest account, permissions, change local sec policy etc but it worked. Despite doing all this 7 really doesn't want to play. I really don't want to go back to Vista but if I can't sort this I will have to consider it.

If I figure it out I will let you know, if you do before me please post the solution.

Good Luck

@ Meso

I heard that other builds of Windows 7 had problems with shared drives, but that RC (7100) was supposedly allright. It might be that something is broken in that build as well. Will let you know if I figure something out or try a more recent build.

Brgds,

Fred

Cool thanks fred. What's bugging me is that the shares are accessible from an xp client in the same workgroup. It points to the way that the ziova authenticates being the problem I.e the guest account but the usual fixes such as changing windows security policy don't work. Something must have changed in 7 relating to smb and guest accounts. I have a popcorn hour in the other room I will try and access the smb shares from this later on and see if the result is any different.

Meso

Popcorn hour works fine so it continues to point to authentication using the guest account as being the issue - grrrrrr

You can see the Ziova in Windows 7 logs. It looks like it is doing a logoff instead of logon:

Log Name: Security
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date: 10/06/2009 23:18:45
Event ID: 4634
Task Category: Logoff
Level: Information
Keywords: Audit Success
User: N/A
Computer: RINCEWIND
Description:
An account was logged off.
Subject:
Security ID: RINCEWIND\Guest
Account Name: Guest
Account Domain: RINCEWIND
Logon ID: 0x532d09
Logon Type: 3
This event is generated when a logon session is destroyed. It may be positively correlated with a logon event using the Logon ID value. Logon IDs are only unique between reboots on the same computer.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
<EventID>4634</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>12545</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-06-10T22:18:45.953887400Z" />
<EventRecordID>3204</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="516" ThreadID="676" />
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>RINCEWIND</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="TargetUserSid">S-1-5-21-3762704999-242599369-1225308643-501</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">Guest</Data>
<Data Name="TargetDomainName">RINCEWIND</Data>
<Data Name="TargetLogonId">0x532d09</Data>
<Data Name="LogonType">3</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

i wonder if you guys are hitting the same problem described and solved in this thread? http://www.sevenforums.com/network-internet/8303-cant-connect-samba-share-via-name-ip-works.html

@ jkkw

Thanks for the tip, I will check when I get home this evening.