Hello, I've recently upgraded my main server from Server 2003 SBS to Server 2008 Enterprise. This server holds the DNS, AD, DHCP as well as GC for the domain. It also has all the shared drives on it. Now after the format and installation all is working well except 4 of my Windows 7 pro machines won't connect to their shared folders. These people have access to email, network printers, internet, database, all except the shared drives. What is the problem here? I've done the DWORD registry modification, i've removed differention compression, i've disabled firewall and anti virus software to no avail. I've logged in as administrator and mapped a drive with success but i cannot open it. It takes forever(roughtly 2 minutes) for the drive to open then it just locks up. I've also enabled NTLM&RTLM in local security policy under lan manager. I've done the network card modification for IPV6 so it's disabled and auto negotatiion is disabled.. Any help would be greatly apprecaited. I've formatted one of the machines back to XP pro 64 and all is working well, i just want to be able to fix the problems as i had future plans to upgrade the entire company to windows 7. Thanks!!

Hi, after checking the issue, it seems this is a general Windows Server issue. As this forum focuses on Windows 7 specific issues, this inquiry would best be posted to Windows Server forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsserver The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding. And as you can’t access the shared folder on Windows Server 2008. I suggest you trying the following options: 1 Check if Windows 7 get the valid IP address from DHCP and try accessing the shared folder via \\Server’s_IPAddress\Shared_Folder. 2 Check if the DNS Server IP is configured on Windows 7 TCP/IP settings and install the NetBIOS on TCP/IP settings, let CU try accessing the shared folder via \\domain.server\Shared_Folder. 3 Manually add the Windows 7 domain users to the sharing tab of the shared folder on Windows Server. Regards, Leo HuangPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Thank you for your help, i have tried those items and still no go.. I will try in server forum Thanks!