Networking (to file share) between Windows 7 and Windows XP

[YupYup]

For all the people having trouble with this on build 7057 you might be interested to know this problem is fixed in build 7068.

 

[clarck]

i'm downloading right now!!!

 

[clarck]

I did the upgrade (not a clean install) but it did not fixed the sharing problem.
In fact now i have no internet at all.

 

[YupYup]

I did the upgrade (not a clean install) but it did not fixed the sharing problem.
In fact now i have no internet at all.

And that is why i do a clean install, clean install of 32 bit and 64 bit here and both working fine.

 

[AGlobalThreatsK]

For all the people having trouble with this on build 7057 you might be interested to know this problem is fixed in build 7068.

Any indication of what the problem was?

 

[YupYup]

For all the people having trouble with this on build 7057 you might be interested to know this problem is fixed in build 7068.

Any indication of what the problem was?

To sum things up here are the problems related to build 7057

1. XP can not access shares on windows 7 C: drive
2. Windows 7 can not browse XP machines but UNC paths work

 

[nijuu]

So it was a bug with build 7057!!!.. I wouldnt have known except by reading through this forum just today . *phew*...i tried everything and hadnt worked...

 

[clarck]

And that is why i do a clean install, clean install of 32 bit and 64 bit here and both working fine.

Is it possible that my network problem has to do with the nvidia chip & not with the installation?

In the Network and Sharing Center, it keeps showing 2 connections.

a) Network, Home Network (with the house as the symbol)
b) Unidentified Network (with the bench as the symbol)

This has happen also in the 7057, but not in the 7048
In the 7048, is showed only the (a) Home network and both the internet & the sharing was working like a charm with NO intervention by me whatsoever..
With the upgrade to 7057 it started to show the (a) & (b) connections and then i had no internet.
Then i started to alter the settings as suggested in this thread and in other similar ones, and sometimes it showed only (a) and i had internet, or both and i had nothing.

Now it does the same, i try the setting that i have tried with the 7057, but i have yet to see internet connection.

I have installed the driver from nvidia (181.71 geforce win 7 64b beta)

And by the way this and all the previous installations was 64b...

 

[YupYup]

Is it possible that my network problem has to do with the nvidia chip & not with the installation?

In the Network and Sharing Center, it keeps showing 2 connections.

a) Network, Home Network (with the house as the symbol)
b) Unidentified Network (with the bench as the symbol)

This has happen also in the 7057, but not in the 7048
In the 7048, is showed only the (a) Home network and both the internet & the sharing was working like a charm with NO intervention by me whatsoever..
With the upgrade to 7057 it started to show the (a) & (b) connections and then i had no internet.
Then i started to alter the settings as suggested in this thread and in other similar ones, and sometimes it showed only (a) and i had internet, or both and i had nothing.

Now it does the same, i try the setting that i have tried with the 7057, but i have yet to see internet connection.

I have installed the driver from nvidia (181.71 geforce win 7 64b beta)

And by the way this and all the previous installations was 64b...

First off this has nothing to do with any network adapters, it is a bug in build 7057. A clean install of build 7068 32 bit or 64 bit will fix this problem. Second "nvidia (181.71 geforce win 7 64b beta)" is a video driver not a network driver, open device manager and look at the network adapters and get the drivers for those (you may have more than one).

 

[clarck]

ok, found one solution to have at least internet.

I went to Network Connections > Local Area Connection 2 > properties > unchecked IPv6 & IPv4 > ok

I now have internet, but no network with my XP machine.

 

[YupYup]

I now have internet, but no network with my XP machine.

I will say it again.

To sum things up here are the problems related to build 7057

1. XP can not access shares on windows 7 C: drive
2. Windows 7 can not browse XP machines but UNC paths work

You will not get 1 and 2 too work as long as you stay on build 7057.

 

[clarck]

Yup Yup, thanks.

Just before i hit new install, the networking abilities came back somehow!
I now have internet & network with my xp machine!

 

[Wutsigu]

My XP machine does not show up in the "Network" list. Vista machines do show up normally. When I open the XP machine with a UNC path, it works and then the XP machine also shows up in the network neighborhood - however, only until I reboot Win7. This happens to me in build 7057 and 7068 (both x64, clean installs)! So actually build 7068 does not seem to fix the network issues...

Regards!

 

[cron]

1. XP can not access shares on windows 7 C: drive
2. Windows 7 can not browse XP machines but UNC paths work

You will not get 1 and 2 too work as long as you stay on build 7057.

Well, I have build 7000, and I'm having the same problem.

• I can see XP Computer under W7, but can't access them.
• I can see W7 Computer in XP, and even access it to see the shared folders, but when I try to access them I get a message saying I don't have permission to see it.

I have turned on all sharing options, and both computers are under the same Workgroup. So, is this officially a bug?

 

[cron]

Ok, must be one hell of a bug. A few minutes ago I finally got access to my XP files (withouth changing any settings), and even copied one of them. I go to the XP PC, but I still can't get access to the W7 files. I go back to the W7 Computer, and still get access to the XP files.

I close the window, open a new one, and the XP Comp shows under Network, but when I try to access it I get an error... WTF?!? :shock:

 

[torrentg]

If you feel like it, you could try installing the netbeui protocol on all machines on the network, and then disable netbios in the Local Area Connection settings (you see it when you right click the tray icon.) It actually performs better, is more secure from people trying to enumerate your shares etc...too.

This is for XP, but it's very much the same for Vista and 7 (folder locations specifically). You could find the files needed many places easily on the net as well.

How to install NetBEUI on Windows XP

If you need me to explain the steps in greater detail, let me know.

What is netBEUI? >>>
http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid192_gci212632,00.html

 

[AGlobalThreatsK]

Did anybody with this problem check their nodetype?

To sum things up here are the problems related to build 7057

1. XP can not access shares on windows 7 C: drive
2. Windows 7 can not browse XP machines but UNC paths work

Those are the symptoms, not the problem. I want to know what was actually wrong. What they changed to fix the problem.

 

[YupYup]

To sum things up here are the problems related to build 7057

1. XP can not access shares on windows 7 C: drive
2. Windows 7 can not browse XP machines but UNC paths work

Those are the symptoms, not the problem. I want to know what was actually wrong. What they changed to fix the problem.

Well you would have to ask microsoft that and i don't think they will say.

Oh and node type was 1 on both XP and 7

 

[Fliplip]

Hi Guys.
First post so sorry if this has already been covered but i wanted to let you know that build 7068 seems to have fixed my network issues.
I can now see all my network devices in my Network, this includes 2 XP pro boxes and my media streamer.
Plus i can access all from the same place.

Dave.

EDIT: Ok, i can see at least one person is using 7068 here and its not working correctly for him. I dont have the same problem although i did loose all my other devices once but after a few re boots its not happened since.

 

[Fredsox]

I"ll take this a bit further. I have a fresh build of 7068, test network is all W2K8. I can access the Internet (this post) and I can browse shares.
I cannot reach my Exchange 2007 server via the Outlook client, nor can gadgets reach the Internet (see attached png file).

To confuse things more, I did an in-place upgrade of a different machine from Vista->7048->7068, this machine does not show this problem.

Something is wacky.