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windows 7 will only access shares with media player
I looked through the faqs and didn't see anything similar to my issue, I hope someone can help. This is probably a windows issue, not a NAS issue.
I've got two ready nas boxes on my home network. I've got 2 windows 7 home computers on the network, both computers are in the same home network. When I access the shares on one computer it displays them as media devices and storage. Media will only access the shares through media player, storage opens up a browser for administrative access.
My other computer, identically configured (I believe) shows the shares as media, storage, and computer. In the computer vies I have full access to the folders to view, copy, etc. I can't find any difference in the configuration of the two computers. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
I've got two ready nas boxes on my home network. I've got 2 windows 7 home computers on the network, both computers are in the same home network. When I access the shares on one computer it displays them as media devices and storage. Media will only access the shares through media player, storage opens up a browser for administrative access.
My other computer, identically configured (I believe) shows the shares as media, storage, and computer. In the computer vies I have full access to the folders to view, copy, etc. I can't find any difference in the configuration of the two computers. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
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- Problem is solved. I did find a windows setting difference between my computers. I needed to set the advanced sharing to uncheck the windows default, allowing the computers to connect using passwords.
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