Real time to get Windows 7 functioning as XP install

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  1. Posts : 1,170
    XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
       #51

    zzz2496 said:
    Usually in a NAS situation (well, most of them are running either Linux or some type of UNIX), the underlying file system is usually native to that OS, say a Linux NAS will use Ext 3 or Ext 4, on a Unix (most of them are BSD) will use UFS. ACL implementation under those OSes are through extended meta data capability of the native OS. Basically they are mimicking NTFS behavior using native file system and expose those behaviors through SAMBA. If your files' ACL got changed, it's not corruption(s), it's Windows doing something...

    zzz2496
    EXT-3 in my case (D-Link 2 bay) and that's what I thought... like it was a self-defense move on behalf of the NAS itself. I know that windows networking is only an emulation on that box, because I had to actually turn it on in the setup UI.
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  2. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #52

    In my experience, Homegroups have been the easiest setup I have ever used!

    The XP Workgroups were terrible, but homegroups set up so easily.

    ~Lordbob
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  3. Posts : 1,170
    XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
       #53

    Lordbob75 said:
    In my experience, Homegroups have been the easiest setup I have ever used!

    The XP Workgroups were terrible, but homegroups set up so easily.

    ~Lordbob
    Not when you've got XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, Linux, OSx or just about any other OS you care to name on the same network it's not.

    That's the problem... It's totally incompatible with almost all previuos forms of networking.
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  4. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #54

    CommonTater said:
    Lordbob75 said:
    In my experience, Homegroups have been the easiest setup I have ever used!

    The XP Workgroups were terrible, but homegroups set up so easily.

    ~Lordbob
    Not when you've got XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, Linux, OSx or just about any other OS you care to name on the same network it's not.

    That's the problem... It's totally incompatible with almost all previuos forms of networking.
    Fair enough.

    I did manage to get it working with XP (sorta).

    ~Lordbob
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  5. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #55

    Lordbob75 said:
    In my experience, Homegroups have been the easiest setup I have ever used!

    The XP Workgroups were terrible, but homegroups set up so easily.

    ~Lordbob
    If you have all Win 7 computers, that's fine. But a lot of us don't. And Win 7 darn sure does not make it easy for mixed OS's to form a group.
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  6. Posts : 1,325
    Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
       #56

    Am I the only one that thinks SMB/CIFS access = super easy...?

    zzz2496
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  7. Posts : 1,170
    XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
       #57

    zzz2496 said:
    Am I the only one that thinks SMB/CIFS access = super easy...?

    zzz2496
    I've never had any problem setting up Workgroups...

    (although I'm unfamiliar with your acronyms)
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  8. Posts : 1,325
    Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
       #58

    The official protocol is SMB (Server Message Block) / CIFS (Common Internet File System). I prefer calling it by it's protocol name than just "workgroup", because "workgroup" is a combination of things, some of them are SMB/CIFS protocol to transfer files, then there's WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) to connect each node in a workgroup and several other...

    zzz2496

    Edit: you don't have to use WINS to access a SMB/CIFS server, DNS FQDN or IP address will suffice.
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  9. Posts : 1,170
    XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
       #59

    zzz2496 said:
    The official protocol is SMB (Server Message Block) / CIFS (Common Internet File System). I prefer calling it by it's protocol name than just "workgroup", because "workgroup" is a combination of things, some of them are SMB/CIFS protocol to transfer files, then there's WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) to connect each node in a workgroup and several other...

    zzz2496

    Edit: you don't have to use WINS to access a SMB/CIFS server, DNS FQDN or IP address will suffice.
    See now that's one of the drawbacks to "learn by doing"... you don't get all the jargon!

    So yeah, I guess I do find SMB/CIFS very easy to set up

    And yes... I generally disable WINS in most of my setups. As you say it's not really necessary.
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  10. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #60

    I have never set up a workgroup. I wish that was the route I had taken instead of homegroup. Since everyting is now working for me, I don't feel inclined to change it. If it ain't broke...
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