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Printserver Connection Issue
I have a Linksys printserver on my home network with 2 hard drives.
With my XP laptop I can connect to it easily. I just sign in at the prompt as either the administrator or a user with the appropriate PW.
I was also able to do this with my 2 desktops when they had XP on them. Now that I installed WIN7 Home Premium I can't access the printserver no matter how I try to access it. It seems to be a WIN7 security issue.
I have spent countless hours on this and I am trying to understand how Microsoft could build a product (WIN7) that does not work as well with a home network as WIN XP. It should work easier. I could write about 20 pages here with detail of all the stuff I have tried and the results but I won't bore you. It just seems that with each new release of Windows things don't really work better. Yes there are more bells and whistles added, but the basics don't function as well. Home networking should be easier not harder.
Also I really hate the home group approach to sharing files. With XP I could easily get to disks and files on each home computer. Now I have to go through the trouble of copying files to libraries. That stinks.