Unable to access Win7 Pro shared folder
I have setup a shared folder on my domain connected Windows 7 Pro laptop. I am unable to see the share from a Windows 2003 server. I have turned off firewall and antivirus. I receive a "No network provider accepted the given network path." error when trying
to access it from the server (or any other pc) with
\\laptop\share.
In advanced sharing settings, I have:
Turn on network discovery
Turn on file and printer sharing
Turn off Public folder sharing (I've also tried it with this option on with no effect)
May 4th, 2010 5:56pm
Can you ping the laptop by name from the server?-B-
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May 4th, 2010 7:32pm
Hi,
Can the Server machine be accessed from other machines?
Here are some suggestions you can try:
1. Ping the Windows 2003 machine from Windows 7 machine and check whether you can get any response.
2. Temporarily turn off firewall and antivirus program on the Server machine.
3. Assure the user account on Windows 7 machine has enough permission to access the shared folder.
4. Write down the IP address for the Windows 2003 machine. Click Start button in Windows 7 and type
\\IP address for the Windows 2003, and then press enter. Can you access the Windows 2003 machine?
For more information, please also refer to the following article:
No
network provider accepted the given network path
Thanks,
Novak
May 6th, 2010 11:22am
You've got the direction backwards. I am trying to connect to a Windows 7 pc from a Windows 2003 server. I can ping the W7 pc by name. When I do a net view
\\pc from any other host, I get an error 51. Firewall and AV are turned off for testing. The Windows 203 server was used for testing, but it happens from any host when I try to connect to the W7 pc.
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May 6th, 2010 3:38pm
I've uninstalled symantec AV. Firewall is turned on by GPO, but allows file and print sharing. Still cannot connect.
May 6th, 2010 4:40pm
Please restart the Windows 7 and Windows 2003 machine to Safe Mode with Networking, and then check whether they can access to each other. If still not, please capture
the error message and upload it
for research.
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May 7th, 2010 10:41am
Restarting Win7 client in Safe Mode with Networking does not start Server service, so it is unable to respond to requests.
From the Windows 2003 server.
C:\Documents and Settings\Sysmgr>ping test-w7
Pinging test-w7.domain.com [10.194.2.235] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.194.2.235: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.194.2.235: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.194.2.235: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.194.2.235: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 10.194.2.235:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Documents and Settings\Sysmgr>net view \\test-w7
System error 51 has occurred.
Windows cannot find the network path. Verify that the network path is correct an
d the destination computer is not busy or turned off. If Windows still cannot fi
nd the network path, contact your network administrator.
C:\Documents and Settings\Sysmgr>net use * \\test-w7\dvd
System error 67 has occurred.
The network name cannot be found.
C:\Documents and Settings\Sysmgr>
June 14th, 2010 9:41pm