I have been reading and searching the internet trying to find a solution and have tried all kinds of network sharing ideas and registry edits. I still cannot access my local network and printserver. Here is my story 1) My Local Network 3 XP Laptops 1 XP Professional (work computer) 1 Windows 7 Home Premuim Laptop 1 Windows 7 Professional Laptop 1 Buffalo Network Drive and Print Server 1 Buffalo Network Drive 1 DLINK DIR655 Wireless Router 2) All systems on the network can see and share files except the Windows 7 Professional Laptop 3) The Windows 7 Professional Laptop could see and share files until 1 week ago. 4) My XP professional work computer hard drive died and I had to send it in for repair. I then tried installing the Nortel Networks VPN and Tunneling software on my Windows 7 Professional to use that one until my WinXP Professional was repaired. 5) I could not get the Windows 7 Professional to work with the Nortel Networks Software so I removed the Nortel Networks software from the unit. 6) Now the Windows 7 Professional will not access the local network no matter what I tried. - Enable and disable IPV6 - Enable and disable Windows Firewall - Tried both wireless and wired 7) If I set IPV4 to Obtain IP address autmatically it will not work, so I have it set to a static IP. This allows me to at least connect to the router and access the internet. I have set Enable Netbios on the WINS tab. 8) Here is my ipconfig /all Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Paul>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Paul-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-3C-CB-FB DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : DWL-G650M Super G MIMO Wireless Notebook Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-46-C1-59-9E DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2dd5:5a3d:615:3512%11(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.50(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234885958 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-97-0F-5D-00-13-46-C1-59-9E DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter isatap.{6E3DD48C-84B7-4AEC-8FC3-BB9F2E84C9F3}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes C:\Users\Paul> Please help as I am a total loss. Paul

Hi, Do not disable the firewall on Win 7. Its needed for opening the stateful operation of the traffic. When you say you cannot "see the network", how exactly do you thy to see it? My guess is that you are unable to browse network places in Win 7, but just need to confirm. What firewall profile is enabled on your machine? can other you see the Win 7 machines from other machines? Do you have network discovery service enabled? Can you do a \\machinename from/to Win 7? Does a net view from your Win 7 show any shares? Thanks, Amit Saxena

Hi, Please answer above questions first. Meanwhile, please also try the following steps to troubleshoot the issue. 1. Temporarily disable firewall and antivirus program on the problematic machine. 2. Modify relevant settings on Windows 7 machine. a. Click Start and open Control Panel. b. Open "Network and Sharing Center" and click "Advanced sharing settings". c. Expand the current network profile (such as "Home or Work"), and then select the following options: "Turn on Network Discovery", "Turn on file and printer sharing", "Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders", "Turn off password protected sharing" 3. Manually assign a static IP address and DNS address on the problematic machine for a test. 4. Write down the IP address for the problematic Windows 7 machine. Then, please start another Windows 7 machine on the network. Click Start button and type \\192.168.0.50 , and then press enter. Can you access the problematic computer? Also, try the vice versa. Thanks, Novak