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networking ME to win 7 via router
"Mike M" wrote in message ... Noel Paton wrote: You need to set up the Win7 machine user with a password - then you can use that username and password to log in from the ME machine. Alternatively, you can go into the Network & Sharing page in Win 7, and switch off password-protected sharing. HTH - post back if you need blow-by-blow instructions Noel, Can a Win Me PC access a network share on a PC running Win 7? Win 7 can easily access shares on a Win Me machine but the reverse is more difficult. -- Mike AFAIK, there shouldn't be any problem with the Win 7 machine getting into the the ME machine - but as you say, getting the ME machine into Win 7 may be more problematic. Unfortunately, I no longer have a hardware 9x machine to play with (and VM's don't count), but I'm sure I could share between Vista and ME back during the Beta. Things may have changed for Win 7..... Struggling in my archive to find any references for WIn98/W7 networking. - nope, nothing I may set up a couple of machines to play with - just for the giggles - but it'd take a few days. -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk |
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networking ME to win 7 via router
Is this any use to you ?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ons-of-Windows -- Joan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher "Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message ... Greetings, Got a win 7 machine last month and was hoping to network it with the older ME machines (2 in current network). However each attempt the win 7 machine asks for passwords and such which the networked ME machines never used.. I'm not big on networks, any suggestions would be appreciated.. RTS |
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networking ME to win 7 via router
Hi,
Not even the router? If so it would appear your Win 7 system isn't as yet correctly configured for networking. You mentioned having a box running Vista. The Win 7 machine should be able to see the Vista machine even if it cannot access files on Vista due to Vista having no visible shares. Have you tried running the networking wizard (Set up a new connection or network) from Win 7's Network & Sharing Centre? Are you perhaps running a third party fire wall? If so the useful link posted by Joan in this thread tells you which ports you need to open. -- Mike Maltby Rockytsquirrel wrote: Greetings Mike, the win 7 "see full map" windows says "windows cannot discover any computer or device." |
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networking ME to win 7 via router
Greetings Noel,
I just got back from a bookstore with a purchase I hope will help clear up some of my dummieness.. "Windows 7 for Dummies" It seems to have a pretty good section on networking.. Give me a day of two to read it through and I'll see how it does then.. ;-) Just a glance I think I got several thing I need to check on, my D-Link DI-604 router for one, check the ports to see if there open for cross linking.. I now suspect the Vista machine has networks disabled, the possible firewall problem of NORTONS which is running on the win 7 machine.. tks for all the feedback RTS (we'll get this pig whipped yet) LOL "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... "Mike M" wrote in message ... Noel Paton wrote: You need to set up the Win7 machine user with a password - then you can use that username and password to log in from the ME machine. Alternatively, you can go into the Network & Sharing page in Win 7, and switch off password-protected sharing. HTH - post back if you need blow-by-blow instructions Noel, Can a Win Me PC access a network share on a PC running Win 7? Win 7 can easily access shares on a Win Me machine but the reverse is more difficult. -- Mike AFAIK, there shouldn't be any problem with the Win 7 machine getting into the the ME machine - but as you say, getting the ME machine into Win 7 may be more problematic. Unfortunately, I no longer have a hardware 9x machine to play with (and VM's don't count), but I'm sure I could share between Vista and ME back during the Beta. Things may have changed for Win 7..... Struggling in my archive to find any references for WIn98/W7 networking. - nope, nothing I may set up a couple of machines to play with - just for the giggles - but it'd take a few days. -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk |
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Tks Joan,
I'll add this link to my new computer help file.. As I was telling Noel, I just purchased the "Dummies" book and I hope I'll find the over looked problem soon.. (the old brain doesn't work as fast as it use too..) tks again, RTS "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... Is this any use to you ? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ons-of-Windows -- Joan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher "Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message ... Greetings, Got a win 7 machine last month and was hoping to network it with the older ME machines (2 in current network). However each attempt the win 7 machine asks for passwords and such which the networked ME machines never used.. I'm not big on networks, any suggestions would be appreciated.. RTS |
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networking ME to win 7 via router
Greetings Mike,
I just purchased the "Dummies" book of win 7, so given enough time, I hope I'll stumble upon the part I've been missing so far.. As I was telling Noel, I already have several items I need to check on, the router, the vista machine, and for sure the win 7, plus I did find out this machine is using NORTONS which has disabled the win 7 firewall in favor of its own.. So that might be part of the problem.. Hopefully I'll be able to remember all the problems I find and pass them along to everybody.. Tks for all the feedback RTS "Mike M" wrote in message ... Hi, Not even the router? If so it would appear your Win 7 system isn't as yet correctly configured for networking. You mentioned having a box running Vista. The Win 7 machine should be able to see the Vista machine even if it cannot access files on Vista due to Vista having no visible shares. Have you tried running the networking wizard (Set up a new connection or network) from Win 7's Network & Sharing Centre? Are you perhaps running a third party fire wall? If so the useful link posted by Joan in this thread tells you which ports you need to open. -- Mike Maltby Rockytsquirrel wrote: Greetings Mike, the win 7 "see full map" windows says "windows cannot discover any computer or device." |
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networking ME to win 7 via router
Norton (assuming its the Internet Security version) would certainly be the
first thing to get rid of! try switching off the firewall part of it first - you're behind a router, so that can act as the firewall for the network for the (limited) time you need to test the effects. If that works then you already know my opinions on the rest of the bedspread suite - I've been ranting on about it for the past 9 years in these groups! g -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message ... Greetings Noel, I just got back from a bookstore with a purchase I hope will help clear up some of my dummieness.. "Windows 7 for Dummies" It seems to have a pretty good section on networking.. Give me a day of two to read it through and I'll see how it does then.. ;-) Just a glance I think I got several thing I need to check on, my D-Link DI-604 router for one, check the ports to see if there open for cross linking.. I now suspect the Vista machine has networks disabled, the possible firewall problem of NORTONS which is running on the win 7 machine.. tks for all the feedback RTS (we'll get this pig whipped yet) LOL "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... "Mike M" wrote in message ... Noel Paton wrote: You need to set up the Win7 machine user with a password - then you can use that username and password to log in from the ME machine. Alternatively, you can go into the Network & Sharing page in Win 7, and switch off password-protected sharing. HTH - post back if you need blow-by-blow instructions Noel, Can a Win Me PC access a network share on a PC running Win 7? Win 7 can easily access shares on a Win Me machine but the reverse is more difficult. -- Mike AFAIK, there shouldn't be any problem with the Win 7 machine getting into the the ME machine - but as you say, getting the ME machine into Win 7 may be more problematic. Unfortunately, I no longer have a hardware 9x machine to play with (and VM's don't count), but I'm sure I could share between Vista and ME back during the Beta. Things may have changed for Win 7..... Struggling in my archive to find any references for WIn98/W7 networking. - nope, nothing I may set up a couple of machines to play with - just for the giggles - but it'd take a few days. -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk |
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Greetings Mike,
Yep, first thing I found is NORTONS firewall has totally blocked all LAN connections, NORTONS says there are 4 devices on the network but without the IP address and connection machine name it will not open the path.. As Noel suggested I'm looking for a way to shut down the firewall, but it may take a while for me to get famililar enough with it to find the correct settings. Ever since Peter Norton sold his company its been in a downward spin... I was hoping to keep things as they were on this new machine till I got a better understanding of how it works but if this is any indication I may not be able to wait. ;-) Mike, as for the networking and file sharing, the ME's don't need to access the win 7 machine, I was just wanting the win 7 machine to link with the ME's so I could move all the txt files and html's, jpg. mov, and the like to the newer system.. (the newer machine can burn DVD's ;-) which helps with backups) tks again for all the feedback RTS "Mike M" wrote in message ... The best thing you can do for yourself and your Win 7 PC is get rid of Norton PDQ. The Win 7 firewall is more than sufficient, especially so if you are sitting behind a router using NAT (Network Address Translation). With Norton removed or at least Norton's firewall disabled the Win 7 machine should be able to see the other PCs on your LAN and access shares on your other PCs. Regrettably though this still won't allow your Win Me PCs to access shares on the Win 7 machine. -- Mike Maltby Rockytsquirrel wrote: Greetings Mike, I just purchased the "Dummies" book of win 7, so given enough time, I hope I'll stumble upon the part I've been missing so far.. As I was telling Noel, I already have several items I need to check on, the router, the vista machine, and for sure the win 7, plus I did find out this machine is using NORTONS which has disabled the win 7 firewall in favor of its own.. So that might be part of the problem.. Hopefully I'll be able to remember all the problems I find and pass them along to everybody.. Tks for all the feedback |
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networking ME to win 7 via router
Once you get rid of the Norton firewall and can "see" the other machines on
the network (the four devices probably being your router, Vista PC and 2x Win Me PCs) you should have no problem with your Win 7 machine accessing files on any Win Me shares, you should also be able to communicate both ways between your Vista and Win 7 machines. Similarly if you were to have a machine running XP you would also be able to establish two way communication. Nevertheless I would have thought that you should be able to configure Norton's firewall to permit access. Surely there has to be a setting or option on it that identifies blocked machines and allows you to permit access? And now to bed ... -- Mike M Rockytsquirrel wrote: Greetings Mike, Yep, first thing I found is NORTONS firewall has totally blocked all LAN connections, NORTONS says there are 4 devices on the network but without the IP address and connection machine name it will not open the path.. As Noel suggested I'm looking for a way to shut down the firewall, but it may take a while for me to get famililar enough with it to find the correct settings. Ever since Peter Norton sold his company its been in a downward spin... I was hoping to keep things as they were on this new machine till I got a better understanding of how it works but if this is any indication I may not be able to wait. ;-) Mike, as for the networking and file sharing, the ME's don't need to access the win 7 machine, I was just wanting the win 7 machine to link with the ME's so I could move all the txt files and html's, jpg. mov, and the like to the newer system.. (the newer machine can burn DVD's ;-) which helps with backups) tks again for all the feedback |
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