sharing folders (not using homegroups)

Lanky0 said:

Kaktussoft said:

"the specific network provider name is invalid". It think it's a DNS issue.

on win7 and vista in command prompt:

Code:

ping  cimadomal
ping  josh-laptop

if it gives 4 sent, 4 received that's okay.

both machines ping each other ok

Sure they ping each other by name (not by ip address) without problems?

Answer #6

Can win7 access shares on other machines (except vista machine)? Borrow a laptop and test

No idea yet what is wrong. Did it work before? How long do you have this problem? Did you install something related?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\HwOrder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order

Those registry keys have name ProviderOrder in the pane to the right. It its value: RDPNP,LanmanWorkstation,webclient ??

Lanky0 said:

Kaktussoft said:

Answer #6

tried both 127.0.0.1 and vista ip from the windows 7 machine and it says

"Windows cannot access XXX"

\\127.0.0.1

in windows file explorer addressbar. Do it and post screenshot with error and addressbar visible

\\127.0.0.1 does work in vista?