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Vista Home Premium/Duo V2 - mapped connection dropping
Hello-- Not sure where to start on fixing this. I've already Googled and tried a few solutions (including this one http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684) even though none seem to apply to my exact...
Is Windows classifying your network as "public"? Or "home" / "work". The firewall rule set up on my win7 machine limits SMB inbound to "private"networks (home or work).
Open the firewall control panel app, and select "advanced settings', then "inbound rules". If you scroll down, you should see a couple of rules labeled "Printer and File Sharing (SMB-in). I see three profiles - 1 private, 1 domain, and 1 public. The one that is active at the moment (if any) is shown in green. Make sure the rule for your network class is enabled.
Open the firewall control panel app, and select "advanced settings', then "inbound rules". If you scroll down, you should see a couple of rules labeled "Printer and File Sharing (SMB-in). I see three profiles - 1 private, 1 domain, and 1 public. The one that is active at the moment (if any) is shown in green. Make sure the rule for your network class is enabled.
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