Lenny I have the same problem you have.
I have a Network Attached Storage device (NAS) called ReadyNAS NV from
Infrant technologies, and I to can't not browse to the shares on this device
via the Network on my Windows Vista Ultimate 64 laptop.
Under Network I can see the NAS but if I double click on it takes me to the
admin setup webpage for the NAS not the list of share on the NAS. Where as
with all my Windows XP systems if I go to My Network Places I can easly
browse to the shares on the NAS.
However if I type in the Network File Share path to the NAS (e.g \\my-nas
(notice the forward slashes not the back slashes those are for file share not
web pages) in the address for the Network Explorer all of the sudden I can
see the file shares on the NAS.
Does this all sound pretty close like what your experiencing, I think so.
Near as I can figure in my case the Network Explorer (this is the Vista
replacement for "Network Neighborhood" and "My Network Places") is miss
classifying my NAS and thinks it's just a webserver. This is a problem for me
in 2 ways:
1 I have a user that perfers browsing to the shares on the network (they
don't get typing in the URL to the shares)
2. some applications don't allow you to type in paths to directories or
files, you must browse to them (e.g. the standard Windows directory selection
dialog) and if Windows doesn't classify my NAS as a file server it doesn't
seem to show up in these applications.
Basically I think MS got too cute with the new Network Explorer and they
need to open things up a bit more.
So Lenney If you find a solution to your problem or if anybody out there
knows how to correct Network Explorer and make it see things my way I'd very
much appreciate hearing about it.
PS
Chuck, you may know what's going on but apperantly you're going to have to
ease up on the techincal talk a bit for anybody to understand what to do.
If I go to Network
"Lenny Jacobs" wrote:
Quote:
> None of your suggestions seem to be the problem. All of the computers on my
> LAN can easily share files, XP, Win98, WinME except the one Vista machine
> cannot see files on any other machine using Windows explorer, but can using
> Internet Explorer. Thanks for trying though.
>
> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:116C2B03-3746-455B-A69C-C63305A76C79@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Make sure that you run the XP's file and Printer sharing Home Network
> > wizard.
> > I see that uoi have done the rest, except this.
> >
> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
> >
> > Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
> > How to give Permissions are there, too.
> >
> > 1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers
> > is
> > the SAME.
> >
> > In Vista Network and Sharing:
> >
> > Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)
> >
> > Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)
> >
> > File Sharing: ON
> >
> > Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s
> > Shared
> > Docs)
> >
> > Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
> > passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
> > asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
> > from an XP computer.
> >
> > Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
> >
> >
> > "Lenny Jacobs" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> I can't view shared files on an XP computer on my LAN by clicking on
> >> "Network" in Windows Explorer on my Vista computer. I can view shared
> >> files
> >> on the XP computer by entering \\XPCOMPUTERNAME in the address field of
> >> Internet Explorer. I've setup "Network and Sharing Center" according to
> >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx.
> >>
> >> Private Network
> >> File Sharing on
> >> Public Folder Sharing on
> >> Printer Sharing on
> >> Password Protected Sharing off
> >> Media Sharing off
> >>
> >> The workgroup on both computers is "WORKGROUP"
> >>
> >> I can see the shared printer on my XP computer from Control Panel >
> >> Hardware
> >> and Sound > Printers
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > > >
>
>