My XP computer crashed so I am forced to Windows 7. I have windows 7 professional and I cannot access an NT shared drive. I don't need to or want to join the domain...that is fine. However, I need access to the files on a shared drive on the NT system. Yes, I can ping the IP address of the machine. Yes, the machine the shows up in the file manager under Network. One troubleshooting step that I tried is to join the "workground" with the same name as the domain. My username and password for the local client machine is the same as on the domain. Any ideas?Thank you for not trying to start an argument.

Hi, Before moving on, I would like to know if the shared drive is on the system which is in the domain environment. If so, please ensure you have permission to access it. Please provide the more information about the network environment between the shared drive and Windows 7 which is used to access the shared drive.Kim Zhou TechNet Community Support