recently dfs started mis behaving at my remote site. it seems to only happen on win 7 machines. the xp machines are all working correctly. if from any win 7 machine you go to \\ad.dfsshare\files you will only see the files that are on the local server, from the xp machines you will see all of the dfs shares avalible. i also chaecked to see if the dfs shares were avalible directly by connecting to them with their full path ie. \\servername\share and they opened up fine.

Hello, Is there replication? Are you using cost as a method of accessing replicated folders? MiguelMiguel Fra / Falcon IT Services Computer & Network Support, Miami, FL Visit our Knowledgebase and Support Sharepoint Site

yes the replication works. on all xp machines at the site everything works fine. and from the on site server it works fine. just not from the win 7 machines. the servers are all 2008 r2 boxes. 2 at our main offie, and one at the remote site. and no we are not using cost

Is it DFS or DFSR? It seems to me that the Windows 7 machines are behaving as designed whereas the XP machines are not. When you use the AD namespace, DFS should bring up the replicated folders based on cost, not display the same replicated folders across volumes. I'm not sure though... MiguelMiguel Fra / Falcon IT Services Computer & Network Support, Miami, FL Visit our Knowledgebase and Support Sharepoint Site

it is not set to cost, it should bring up all folders, except those that are set to be local. like the users will only see the user folder for their site, all other folders should be visible to all

Hi, According to your description, I suggest to perform these steps to troubleshoot the issue: 1 Login with Clean Boot 2 Go to “network and sharing center”, click advanced sharing settings and turn on network discovery 3 Temporally disable firewall on Windows 7 If the issue persists, I suggest to ask Windows server forum for further help: 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. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease 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.

Hi, Do your resolve the problem? Please feel free to give me any update. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease 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.

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