[ubuntu-uk] accessing Windows 7 shares

Matthew Daubney matt at daubers.co.uk
Thu Nov 19 13:14:29 GMT 2009


On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:28 +0000, Gordon wrote:
> etali wrote:
> > Gordon wrote:
> >> This may be anecdotal or not!
> >> I cannot access any Windows Home Premium shares from my 9.10 Netbook.
> >> However, I am in correspondence with someone who CAN access shares 
> >> (including Admin shares) on Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL from 9.10
> >> Can anyone else who might have access to either Windows 7 Home Premium 
> >> or Professional confirm or refute this?
> >>
> >>
> >>   
> > This may confuse the matter futher, but in this household, we have two 
> > Windows 7 Professional installs.  One was done as an upgrade from 
> > Windows Vista, and that one refuses to share.  The other was done as a 
> > clean install, and that one shares OK. 
> > 
> 
> Great! As you say, the waters get muddier!

This would be a good time to get some packet logs using wireshark to see
if there's a common fault.

-Matt Daubney




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