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Enter Network Password: win7 to win7 networking
Yes, yet another question about the "network password" issue with Win7 networking.
This has nothing to do with Win7-winxp networking, as most of the questions related to this subject (from google) appear to be.
This is an issue of 1 single win7 installation being unable to connect to another specific win7 installation over the network.
4 computers, all win7 ultimate 64 bit. no changes or modifications made to their network configuration.
3 of them talk to each other just fine. I share files with/without homegroup no problem.
that 4th computer, which is the trouble computer, only has problems when it tries to connect to a specific computer on the network. It can connect and see the shared files on the other 2 no problem.
also, the computer I am having trouble connecting to can see the shared files/folders of ALL of the computers without a password prompt, including on the computer that is having the problem.
I have never seen this form of "one way" sharing issue, where the computer in question cannot connect, but everyone else can.
I have tried all the usual stuff:
changing Secpol settings
changing/adding users of the same name/password on the different PCs
changinng the advanced sharing settings to disable password protection
deleted/added new credentials
nothing works.
I am about at the limit and ready to try reinstalling windows. I dont really want to. I am running this off a Sandforce SSD (OCZ Vertex 3) and I dont really want to have to keep rewriting 10s of gigabytes worth of data to attempt a fix.