NAS Visibility Lost after XP mode/switch user

[RFC]

My home network runs a D-link 655 router with an XP box, Windows 7 Professional (HP 180t) box, HP MediaVault 2020 NAS, and a Synology 410 NAS physically attached. I am able to view all these components on my Windows 7 box in 'explorer - Network' on boot.

If I open an XP mode window or switch to another user on the Windows 7 box, I lose visibility of the NAS devices and the XP box when I return to my account. I am still able to access the devices via browser and can ping even though they don't show under Network in explorer. If I re-boot the Windows 7 box, everything is fine. All devices have fixed IP addresses.

Appreciate any suggestions.

 

[not so gray matter]

You may want to go into your user settings and make sure that all users on your computer have access to network resources.

 

[RFC]

Issues resolved

Thanks. Checked permissions but it turned out my Workgroup settings were not correct. I had originally started up Windows 7 in 'Homegroup' mode. Killed that and updated my workgroup name. Can see everything on the network. It all comes back after changing users/hibernation/etc.

 

[not so gray matter]

Glad to see that it helped.