I have trouble accessing my Mac Pro running OS X 10.5.6 with Windows 7. On my mac, I have access to every share of my Windows 7 VM andlaptop, my Vista PC and my Server 2008 VM. On every computer with Windows 7, it seem I can't access my mac. I keep on getting a Network path not found error (0x80070035). It work fine in Vista and Server 2008.Is there anything to do to make it work?

Have you confirmed that name resolution is working and that you are able resolve the name for the mac?www.longneckconsulting.com

I'm having the exact same problem. I've installed Windows 7 Beta on 2 PCs (one is my "gaming" PC and the other is my HTPC) and neither are able to even see the Mac (2007 model iMac running OS X 10.5.6) under Network. Yet, I can connect to them from the Mac and read and write files (when folder sharing is enabled, I'm not using "Home Groups".) I've tried turning the Windows firewall off, and disabling the antivirus program I'm using (AVG Free), but that didn't help.

I'm also having the same issue, I can see the Mac in explorer and a NET VIEW also shows it but am unable to connect. I have a similar issue when trying to connect to my NAS box, I can however connet to it if I use the command line NET USE R: \\server\sharename. Once connected I can read and write files from explorer. Do you think this is a samba issue?

Probably, a network trace/capture would help to see what's going on here.

I tried the net use trick but even there I get a network path not found. Strange enough since it shows up in the network.This is not a name resolution problem since I have the same problem with the IP address. Felipe, can you indicate me how to do this operation so that I post the results here?

I have installed Windows 7 on my macmini and can connect to pc's on my netowrk with it but cannot connect to the macmini running Windows 7 from any of my other pc's could this be a network driver issue on the mac?UPDATEI Resolved my connection issue. As i performed an upgrade from Vista it appears my Microsoft OneCare was blocking incoming conections, I removed it and now all is fine. Now on with the testing

I'm just adding to the "me, too" nature of this thread! Like the OP, I can access all my Win7 shares from OS X 10.5.6, but get Error 50 (whatever that really means!) when trying to access the Mac's shares. I did the secpol change that was necessary in Vista (and which worked in Vista) but that didn't help. FWIW, access works both ways between Win7 and XP Pro SP3. I can ping the Mac from Win7 both by name and IP address, but I can't get to it. I've tried in Explorer's addressbar putting in \\MachineName\user\share and I've also tried smb://IP-address. The latter fails with "there is no program associated with this".So it seems that Win7 doesn't yet play nicely with others. I haven't tried from the Linux virtual machine yet but would be very surprised if the result was different. MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Fixed it!!!Accessing Mac OS X Windows Sharing from Windows 7Windows 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, Vista will display a logon error repeatedly.The problem is that Vista, 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 Vista, open the Control Panel 2. Switch to "Classic" view 3. Double-click Administration Tools 4. Double-click Local Security Policy 5. Or Secpol.msc 6. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options" 7. Alternate : Type secpol.msc to get editor up then 8. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it. 9. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated" 10. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients 11. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum) 12. Click OKbasically the difference between vista and Windows 7 is lines 10 thru 11enjoy...I will.

I did that and it didn't help at all. The Mac is still invisible from Win7 and I still get Error 50. Yet file sharing works fine between Win7 and XP Pro and from the Mac to Win7. I'm really not sure where to go from here. MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

Been using it just fine for a while now.Make sure on MAC in file sharing - click options and check the box share using SMB and do the other steps (change the 2 security options) an it will work. I just did it on my dell and macbook pro and all is well. Tey just upped the minimum security requirements.though not ideal (lowering security) it works.Also use short machine names on the Mac. I use \\dennis-g5, etc cause long names that the Mac likes to make cause problems with windows sharing also.

Great fix! Worked just fine for me too. I'm testing the 64-bit version, and was about to install the 32-bit to see if it helped. Guess I'll just "keep on truckin'".

Perfect, it solve the problem, I'll inform apple to put that solution in they KB for other mac users ;-)

Work great thanks.

Here is the solution on the OS X side (Leopard) sudo nano /private/etc/smb.conf find this line: include = /var/db/smb.conf after this line, add; ntlm auth = no lanman auth = no lm announce = no min protocol = NT1 client ntlmv2 auth = yes reboot or sudo launchctl stop org.samba.smbd sudo launchctl stop org.samba.nmbd sudo launchctl start org.samba.nmbd sudo launchctl start org.samba.smbd Work on my setup, Windows 7100 (Send NTMLv2 response only & require 128 bit checked) and Leopard 10.5.6 for files sharing. For the printer ( share on mac), Bonjour don't work. Best regards Eric

This is an old thread, but I want to update it. Installed Win7 RC1 the other day and set up networking and the beautiful thing JUST WORKED!!! No messing about with registry hacks! I just set my permissions/users accordingly and Win7 saw the Mac and the Mac saw the Win7 and everything was good. I'm really, really pleased. MS has apparently fixed all the issues with networking between Macs and Vista/Win7 in RC1. Very well done. Kudos to all.MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

cool...didn't know there was a mac side fix!

You know, one of my pcs worked out of the box the other still required step 8 and 9 (Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated")One was upgrade and one was not...Can't remember which worked...But it did get easier only needed the lan man stuff like vista.-Dennis

unfortunatly that is not entirely true (for me). It is correct that networking in a mixed Win7/VISTA/XP/OSX Environment does work out of the box. And initially I can access all shares that are supposed to be accessable by the user. But after Standby and also just during normal use, Win7 seems to loose access to all shares but the user folder of this user on the mac. I still have access to the user folder, but all other shares can not be found.

Then you should post this in the Win7 forums: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro/MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

I have Windows 7 RC installed together with Mac OS 10.5.8 on my last generation aluminum MacBook and Mac OS 10.5.8 installed on my latest model 24" iMac (2.93GHz Core2Duo / NVidia GT120). As long as [Sharing > File Sharing] in System Preferences window is enabled with this option [Share files and folders using SMB] turned on, there should be no problem whether files/folders are accessed from Windows 7 or Windows XP (I skipped Windows Vista) in wireless network (through Apple Time Capsule wireless router). In my work place, I have more problem trying to access shared folders (hosted on Toshiba multi-function printer/fax/scanner) through SMB protocol from Windows 7 RC than from Mac OS 10.5.8. As far as file/folder sharing is concerned, Mac OS 10.5.8 on the MacBook just work out-of-box.

I've tried using the suggestions but nothing helps. Any other ideas?

You posted to a very old (January!), close thread. Make a new post and include all the information about your system, your network, and what you've already done so we can help you. How to Post http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet (you can ignore the references to Usenet/newsgroups since you are posting on a web forum but the suggestions about how to write the post are applicable here too) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!