XP can not recognise windows 7's shared folder

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by secoo140, Jan 5, 2015.

  1. secoo140

    secoo140 MDL Novice

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    #1 secoo140, Jan 5, 2015
    I have 2 computers one running XP the other win 7.

    win 7 can enter xp's shared folders but XP can not.

    How to solve this puzzle?
    thanks
     
  2. Meat[On]A[Stick]

    Meat[On]A[Stick] MDL Junior Member

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    #2 Meat[On]A[Stick], Jan 5, 2015
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    I'm not a 100% certain, but I think both machines have to belong to the same workgroup/domain and of course the logged in user must be a member of same.

    Also pretty sure this topic has been searched for in Google a 100 million times, so try that as well.
     
  3. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    #3 Carlos Detweiller, Jan 5, 2015
    You should check if Windows XP can deal with long share names, and if there's a difference in NTLM authentication strength vs. Win7.

    I gave up on SMB long ago, so I dunno for sure.