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[Roger (K8RI)]

On 1/1/2011 12:33 AM, Mike Olbrisch wrote:
> I just switched to Win-7 for Christmas, after my XP box literally exploded.
> I guess the caps on the MB dried out.<grin>.  I too am struggling with
> networking the Win-7 box to a network predominated with XP stuff.  It is
> working, but it isn't as easy as XP was.  Why does Micro-sloth need to
> change even the NAMES of stuff?  Everything at work is XP, everything at
> home is XP, except the new box.  What a PAIN!<grin>.
>
Win 7 is a good OS, BUT it does not like to play nice when networking 
with other OS's
don't use the Network Neighborhood. It is possible to configure it like 
you did XP physically to use either static or DHCP addressing.
You *may* need to use a router and clone the MAC addresses.  There are 
ways of working around its "I know what's best for you" (sounds like a 
progressive<:-)) )

I'm using XP Pro, Win 7 64 Bit Ultimate, and Fedora in multi boot 
configurations on most of the machines here.  I'm going to have to add 
at least one copy of Win 7 U, 32 bit due to some expensive legacy 
hardware that has no 64 bit drivers.  At least they now have them for 
Win 7 32 bit.  Originally they were not available for Vista (which I 
hated) or Win 7. At least they are now available in 32 bit mode for Win 7.
> I still have not gotten Win-7 to recognize the 1-TB network addressable
> back-up drive, where all my data is backed-up.  I may need to resort to a
> USB thumb-drive and transfer from a working XP box to the Win-7 box.
You may need to come up with a specific driver, or hopefully the network 
drive is configurable to the work group you would normally use.
> Not much help, but at least you are not alone.  Good news is - no data lost.
> It is there, if I can only get Win-7 to see it.
>
> Happy new year.
>
> Vy73 - Mike - KD9KC.
> El Paso, Texas - DM61rt.
> W5-SOTA Association Manager.
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>
> Good Luck,
Likewise and Happy New Year

Roger (K8RI)