Also what are the permissions on the folders in question including share and NTFS.
Jon On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Jeff Bunting <[email protected]>wrote: > What OS is the server running? > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:27 PM, C. T. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm helping out a friend of mine who tries to support a small shop, and >> the shop is starting to get Windows 7 Pro. machines. >> They have a domain setup, and they are trying to map a network drive back >> to a file server. This file server has several folders on it. >> >> What is strange is the Windows XP Pro machines can map a drive to >> \\myserver\common without an issue, but if you do this on a Windows 7 Pro >> machine you get "Access is Denied." Now on the Windows 7 machine if you >> "browse" through Windows explorer by \\myserver\common you can see the >> folders on the file server, and the kicker is if you want to map a drive to >> this file server from Windows 7 you have to do it one folder deeper. (e.g. >> net use s: \\myserver\common\abc123 ) This would become a hassle if you >> have to access several folders off of the "common" share. >> >> Are there any registry "tweaks" on the Windows 7 machine that need to be >> done? Or would there need to be something done on the server side? >> Googleing for this issue the only thing that comes close is : >> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprovirt/thread/e08c3500-a722-4b44-b644-64f94f63c8e5/ >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
