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Win7 network file+printer sharing stop working all of a sudden.
I am so frustrated I want to cry. It must be something simple that I'm missing.
windows 7 pro 64 PC in closet (aka closet-pc) no longer functions in it's role to serve files and printer. Nothing changed that I know of unless windows automatic updates. PC sits in closet and is not accessed except for shared folders.
network is ipv4 (ipv6 disabled when I took networking class in college last century, it was before ipv6)
server is static IP, along with some other pcs, rest are dynamic with static ip's outside of DHCP range.
according to Advanced IP scanner, the closet-pc is only one with that ip and ip is correct.
closet-pc can see other computers in the network and access their shared drives.
No other computers can access the closet-pc's shared drives.
Software on closet-pc manages patient information stored in sql database (crystalPM) and other workstations running the patient software can access the database on the closet-pc.
Network is set to "work network" and workgroup is same in all pc's.
file sharing and print sharing and network discovery are all turned on.
firewall (bitdefender) was disabled and did not solve problem.
Linux is not an option as patient database software is windows only.