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Connect XP to Win7 over domain
Hi,
At my office we have a domain based network with about 15 connected computers, all of them with Windows XP installed. Now we have installed a new computer with Windows 7 Professional, and connected it to the network. There is no problem to access shared files and printers from the Win7 machine, but no other computer on the network can access shared files on the Win7 machine. On any XP machine, I can see the Win7 machine among the other computers on the network, but when I try to access it an alert shows up, telling me that the computer isn't available (which it is).
On the Win 7 machine, in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Advanced sharing settings, I have turned Network discovery, File and printer sharing and Public folder sharing on. (A weird thing is that I can't see an alternative to password protect shared files, but that's probably not the problem anyway since I'm not asked to type in a password when I try to access from a XP machine). And of course I'm not connected to any workgroup, but the domain we use on the network.
I hope I can get some help here. Thanks in advance!