sharing between mac and pc

[FisherPric3]

alright. iv got an i mac and a windows 7 PC before i had windows 7 the i mac seen my XP system and could connect and share a printer no porblem. now that iv upgraded to windows 7 thigs have become much more complicated and i need some serious help. iv been seraching and reading forums for days and nothing.

issue 1: mac does not even recognize the windows 7 PC:
my old xp system just showed up in the network tab of the i mac i did
not need to do anything it was just there. now i have 7 and i dont show
up.

issue 2: printer does not show up:
when i had xp i set the printer to be shared on the network and it would
just show up in the mac search for printers. switched to 7 and now i
share the printer and it doesn't show up. someone please help me.

 

[jhansen965]

Since you upgraded to Windows 7, did you set the sharing permissions right. That's the only thing I can think of now. Good luck.

 

[MikeS104]

alright. iv got an i mac and a windows 7 PC before i had windows 7 the i mac seen my XP system and could connect and share a printer no porblem. now that iv upgraded to windows 7 thigs have become much more complicated and i need some serious help. iv been seraching and reading forums for days and nothing.

issue 1: mac does not even recognize the windows 7 PC:
my old xp system just showed up in the network tab of the i mac i did
not need to do anything it was just there. now i have 7 and i dont show
up.

issue 2: printer does not show up:
when i had xp i set the printer to be shared on the network and it would
just show up in the mac search for printers. switched to 7 and now i
share the printer and it doesn't show up. someone please help me.

Did you turn off the firewall?

 

[FisherPric3]

i have set sharing permissions as low as possible like open to everyone 40-50 byt encryption no pass word protection.

 

[MikeS104]

i have set sharing permissions as low as possible like open to everyone 40-50 byt encryption no pass word protection.

Can you provide a screen shot the settings? You can crop out the names if you like.

 

[jorpe]

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-...ccess-macbook-w7-workgroup-after-upgrade.html does this help? I used it to network several computers using snow leopard and win7 together.

 

[FisherPric3]

Can you provide a screen shot the settings? You can crop out the names if you like.

is this good or is there more stuff you need?

 

[MikeS104]

Can you provide a screen shot the settings? You can crop out the names if you like.

is this good or is there more stuff you need?

have you actually setup any shares? Right-click on a folder you want to share and click on "Share with" and follow the prompts.

 

[FisherPric3]

Can you provide a screen shot the settings? You can crop out the names if you like.

is this good or is there more stuff you need?

have you actually setup any shares? Right-click on a folder you want to share and click on "Share with" and follow the prompts.

yes i have. a few things in my documents folders

 

[jorpe]

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-...ok-w7-workgroup-after-upgrade.html#post421600



Accessing Mac OS X Windows Sharing from Windows 7
Windows 7 will not work with Mac OS X Windows file sharing support by default. If you attempt to access a folder shared from Mac OS X, Windows 7 will display a logon error repeatedly.
The problem is that Windows 7, by default, will only use NTLMv2 for authentication, which is not supported by Mac OS X's Windows Sharing service.
The other problem is the Minimum Session Security for NTVLM SSP based Clients.
To get around this:
1. In Windows 7, open the Control Panel
3. Double-click Administration Tools
4. Double-click Local Security Policy
5. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options"
6. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it.
7. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated"
8. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
9. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum)
10. Click OK

 

[FisherPric3]

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-...ok-w7-workgroup-after-upgrade.html#post421600



Accessing Mac OS X Windows Sharing from Windows 7
Windows 7 will not work with Mac OS X Windows file sharing support by default. If you attempt to access a folder shared from Mac OS X, Windows 7 will display a logon error repeatedly.
The problem is that Windows 7, by default, will only use NTLMv2 for authentication, which is not supported by Mac OS X's Windows Sharing service.
The other problem is the Minimum Session Security for NTVLM SSP based Clients.
To get around this:
1. In Windows 7, open the Control Panel
3. Double-click Administration Tools
4. Double-click Local Security Policy
5. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options"
6. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it.
7. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated"
8. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
9. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum)
10. Click OK

i very much appreciate the help but i have done this and double cheacked all the seettings and it has not helped.

 

[MikeS104]

Not sure if it matters, but have you made sure NetBIOS is on for the Windows 7 PC?

 

[FisherPric3]

Not sure if it matters, but have you made sure NetBIOS is on for the Windows 7 PC?

wow i feel stupi for haveing to ask. what is netBIOS?

 

[MikeS104]

Not sure if it matters, but have you made sure NetBIOS is on for the Windows 7 PC?

wow i feel stupi for haveing to ask. what is netBIOS?

Don't feel stupid; that's how you learn things. I'm not sure if Macs use it or not, so I don't even know if it'll help.

NetBIOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I found this too

File Sharing between Windows 7 and OS X - MacRumors Forums

 

[kegobeer]

Ok, here's what I did to get things working between Windows 7 Ultimate (32 bit) and my wife's Macbook Pro with OSX (I'm going to assume you've already properly configured sharing on your Windows 7 computer; if you don't know how to do that, google for Windows 7 sharing, or check out the tutorials on this website):

1. On my 7 machine, I went to add/remove programs, and clicked on "Turn Windows features on or off"
2. Under Print and Document Services, I ticked LPD Print Service.
3. I shared my printer.

4. On the Macbook, I went to Network, then clicked Advanced.
5. Under WINS, I made sure my Windows workgroup was listed in the workgroup box, then closed that window.
6. I went to Print & Fax, and clicked the + symbol.
7. I clicked on the Windows icon, then clicked on my workgroup, then my PC (I entered my Windows username and password, because I don't allow guest access to my computer. If you allow guest connections, this won't be necessary), then I selected my printer.

Oh, and don't bother trying to share anything from your My Documents folder. By design, it's not going to allow sharing. If you want to share something, either enable public sharing and put those documents in the sharing folder, or create a new directory on a different partition and share that out.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...are-with/bd920e46-dbeb-4bb2-a38e-8791facd0608