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Suddenly unable to connect to network share
Hi
This problem started with myself about a month ago and is plaguing me with problems, here are my machine specs.
Dell Poweredge 2550 server running Windows Server 2003 32 bit
Home built PC running Windows 7 64 bit
If you need any hardware specs I can provide them.
Up until about a month ago I was using both of these machines and they were quite happily sharing folders over a private network, I did some Windows 7 security updates and since then I can no longer access the shared folders on either machines except for the public folders on the Windows 7 machine from the Windows Server machine.
I have searched the internet for solutions and mostly I get the impression that Microsoft does not allow cross platform network shares from Windows 7 machines to older versions of it's OS anymore. I also found various workarounds including the one listed above but no matter what I do I cannot get the 2 machines to share any folders other than the public ones on the Windows 7 Machine.
What I have is a 10 TB raid array on the Windows server machine that I need to access over the network as if it is a shared drive, but every time I try to access the server I get asked for a user name and password from within the Windows 7 environment, The server PC username is \\SERVER\Administrator and then the password but this does not work, I get no error messages just the login screen constantly.
If I try and do a network search from the Server 2003 machine I get the error message saying \\Daggers-PC\ is not accessible and I do not have permission to access the folders. Access Denied. \\Daggers-PC\ is the network name of my Windows 7 PC.
This is now driving me mad, if I use the remote desktop feature that does not work either but if I install a program like Team Viewer which is a remote desktop app then it works but works at a very reduced network transfer speed.
Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.