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windows 7 networking shared drives
I have two Windows 7 laptops.
Laptop A - has a usb hub with a thumb drive and a maxtor connected, another WD connected via USB to laptop
Laptop B - trying to access external drives from Laptop A
Prior to this weekend, laptop B was able to see laptop A shared drives as mountable Z: etc drives
Both machines have malwarebytes and MSFT Sec Essentials installed.
Both machines belong to same workgroup and have firewalls turned off.
Both machines belong to the same HOMEGROUP and can see each other files on the c: drive
Laptop A is hard wired to the network and Laptop B is wireless.
Any thoughts on why B can no longer see the external drives hanging off A?
External drives on A are set up as shared.
Many thanks!
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I was able to resolve:
- do a system restore from a prior date
- update the Lenovo software
Prior to doing the above, I could not self reference via IP address.
I could Ping each machine from the other,
After the system restore, I was able to self reference via IP.
After Lenovo update, the machines could see each others shared drives.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Rob