Desperate with Network Share on Win 7

Denis, this is usually caused by a malfunctioning Master Browser.

On one of your PCs, open up a “Command” window.

(In Win Vista and Win7, click the Orb, and in the search box, type CMD. an icon will appear above the box that says cmd.exe. Click it, and a Command window will open.)

In the command window, enter the command “net view,” like this:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Tony>net view
Server Name Remark


\BIGNAS1 Big Freakin’ NAS Server 1
\MARS
\NEPTUNE
\WDTVLIVE WDTV LIVE
The command completed successfully.

In my example, there are four active devices that Windows has discovered.

Now, for EACH of those, issue the command “nbtstat -a (name)” for example:

C:\Users\Tony>nbtstat -a bignas1

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.0.0.157] Scope Id:

NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

Name Type Status

BIGNAS1 <00> UNIQUE Registered
BIGNAS1 <03> UNIQUE Registered
BIGNAS1 <20> UNIQUE Registered
…__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered

So, we got lucky here, the FIRST system, BIGNAS1, indicates that it is the master browser, since it lists the name …__MSBROWSE__.

You need to find out WHICH system is your master browser. If none of these steps work as described, then the issue is likely on your PC itself, and that will require substantial additional troubleshooting.

Hello, there is a clip on YouTube. The man is saying that NETWERK is not possible ! With W 7, He is saying that some maps are showing{ what I do not know, see clip } And that He has aks Western too put soon a Update out that all can run under W 7, and especially the Netwerk !

We have no idea what you’re talking about since you didn’t post the link to the clip, but my guess is this person is referring to Windows 7 with the Microsoft Live packages installed.

It’s possible to fix this issue:  UNINSTALL THOSE PRODUCTS.  

I have no problems at all accessing my Win7 shares.

And we should also point out that simply uninstalling does not always fix the issue (the only real fix then is to roll back the system to before Win Live ID Assistant was installed in the first place).

Like Tony, my Win 7 shares work fine (but I don’t have Win Assistant installed and I’ve turned off auto updates so MS can’t force it on me).

Hello Tony and Others,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ahAkLPlH0U

This is the Clip, where the man is saying. Netwerk is not going on W 7 ! So I have it now on my old pc with XP. I would like the WD Player on my new pc with W 7, but when the Netwerk is not working then. So if you or someone else, can say how too install it under W 7 ? I saw this coincendence, I do not get a mail from it.

Hi … my problem is that having done and rechecked everything, in cmd.exe if I struggle a netview command I have the message saying there’s nothing in the list!!

Please help

… also, having set everything in nework advanced config, I still receive a windows error sayin something like “not able to share the directory”…

What’s that ???

Windmill wrote:

Hello Tony and Others,

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ahAkLPlH0U

 

This is the Clip, where the man is saying. Netwerk is not going on W 7 ! So I have it now on my old pc with XP. I would like the WD Player on my new pc with W 7, but when the Netwerk is not working then. So if you or someone else, can say how too install it under W 7 ? I saw this coincendence, I do not get a mail from it.

I scanned through that video, but I’m not going to spend 20 minutes watching the whole thing…   At what TIME INDEX does he say that it doesn’t work with Windows 7??

There is NOTHING magical you have to do to get it to work with Windows 7, as long as you’re not using the Windows Live products.

Hello Tony,

The Man says it almost at the end and very short. He is saying something about, not working with W 7 the Netwerkmaps, but only maps, so not the Netwerk. Also He says, that Western would come with a Update for that. I like too know what You mean with not using any WD Live, I have the WDTV Live Media Player.

Read exactly what he says: “…not using the Windows Live products”. Windows Live Essentials 2011! He says nothing about WD Live.

Ok, I heard what he said, and given that the video is almost 1 year old, it should be taken with precaution, especially because something else he said is just completely incorrect.

“We did have some issues setting up a network stream or file sharing over Windows 7 because it seems like every media player we test has issues with windows 7 because of the architecture for the networking.  So, we’re going to have to wait and see if Western Digital comes out  with an update but the solution we found on the WDTV Community Website is that you can set up a Media Server using the HOMEGROUP option in Windows 7 and that worked just fine.”

What’s wrong is he suggests setting up a Media Server using the HOMEGROUP Option in Windows 7.   You can’t do that.   There’s no such thing.   Homegroups and Media Servers are two completely different things that have nothing to do with each other.   Homegroups do NOT work on the WDTV and probably never will, because that’s Microsoft Proprietary.  But it’s not needed anyway, so it doesn’t matter.   But the issue is, the fact that he suggested it makes me think he has a poor understanding of networking, thus making his entire conclusion suspect.

There WERE some problems with Windows 7 Play-To-WDTV functionality that were fixed in later firmware, but that’s not anything to do with network sharing.

As far as I know, the ONLY issue that affects Network Sharing for Win7 is the Live products being installed, and that was not very common when this video was created.

There are OTHER issues that can cause sharing to not work correctly (most notably a misconfigured system or other device acting poorly as a Master Browser) but those can (and do) affect almost ANY system, not just Windows 7.

So, in short, I really have no idea what he’s talking about because I have two separate Windows Shares coming from my Win7-64bit box that work perfectly well, and always have (except when I inadvertently installed Live Sign-In Assistant).

So, in the end, having Windows 7 64bit , which is the only way to make things working ? I’ve tried disabling media sharing and still nothing. I have the home group preferences set, workgroup name in my case iis MSHOME and I set the same on my WDTV live player… But nothing? I do the net vie cmd and I receive a Message that there is nothing to list, network is enabled and correctly set, registry checked … But nothing. Also, I take a directory and if I try to share I receive a message saying it is impossible to share the directory, but at the same time is and appears shared like mypcname\pictures and so on… Have to uninstall Live Mail maybe ?? Live ID assistant is uninstalled, still having Live Mail and other 2 programs of the live essential (vdvd creator and the other one…). Please help Cheers Denis

So far, it seems like all the errors are occurring on your PC, not the WDTV.   

what happens if you type the command

nbtstat -a

example:

nbtstat -a neptune1

Okay Tony, stranghe that it is allowed that such a clip is there then ! Are You from Western ? If I understand you, I can install the WDTV Live MediaPlayer on my W 7 ?! Can You please tell me what steps I must take, or maybe it’s already on the site here ? Then I go and install it, then now I do all on my old{slow}PC it works, but my new one goes 5 times faster. Thanks for all your answers, take care !

Okay Tony, stranghe that it is allowed that such a clip is there then

YouTube allows anyone to post almost anything.

No, I’m not from Western.

You don’t have to “install” anything on a windows computer to get it to share files.  That functionality is there by default on most versions of Windows.

The only things requrired to share files on a Windows 7 box are:

(in the Advanced Sharing Settings)

– Turn ON Network Discovery

– Turn ON File & Printer Sharing

– Turn OFF Password Protected Sharing.

In the SHARING settings for a folder, set the folder as shared with the user EVERYONE.

Voila.   Shares work.

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You don’t have to “install” anything on a windows computer to get it to share files.  That functionality is there by default on most versions of Windows.

Tony…You are absolute great :smileyvery-happy:

Then I tryed it ride away, also because all your messages are so knowledge full, but you can make a mistake also off course. I am very carefull with my new PC so I make the changes under my shaking fingers :wink:

The only thing was, that W 7, aks a lot about sharing the folders, so I went for your users Everyone. Then I saw on the WDLIVE not all the folders. So back and try again the folders. There even came a password, but I have write it down, but set it off, like you have set. So now after started the PC off/on { and making a cross that the PC worked } It did, and I fast go too the WDLIVE and there where lots off new things :smiley: Sometimes I must find in other folders in the WDLIVE, then the name in the PC, but that is a smaller detail. So I thank you again, very much Tony ! Take care and greetings from Holland…that YouTube clip is a lot off ■■■■ then. Then this WDLIVE is working under W 7 !!! Maybe the install from WDLIVE in W 7, it goes wrong ?

I’m glad you got it working.   :slight_smile:

TonyPh12345 wrote:

I’m glad you got it working.   :slight_smile:

Well I am very very glad :smileyvery-happy: Tony ! Thanks again ! Then my new pc with W 7, has a very large hdd 1 TB, and I think that I put all my music on there. I have 600 cd’s, and that must go on 1 Tb or not ? Maybe You know this one too? I have seen in MDLIVE a screen with .com on it, cannot find that anymore and what does the .com ? Can I search for a site then ? By my Photo’s, can I set it autom. as a slideshow ? Now I must go, with every new map, too options, playmode. If I may ask Tony, why do you have 2/3 WDLIVE, in other rooms or so ? I have consider already too bye another, then when this is old or broke, I cannot do without it already :dizzy_face: I would like from all things a double, also from my Woman :wink: But She says…there is not one in the whole World too find :womanwink:

So many questions, and I’m not sure I understand all of them, but I’ll try:

600 CD’s in WAV (uncompressed format) will fit on a 1TB drive with room to spare.

600 * 700Mbytes = 420 Gbytes.

I have seen in MDLIVE a screen with .com on it, cannot find that anymore and what does the .com ? Can I search for a site then ?

I don’t understand this question.

If you want a slideshow to start every time you turn the WDTV Live on, then put your Photos in the ROOT of the attached HD, and turn AUTOPLAY ON.

Don’t put anything else in the root (other than folders) or the slideshow will stop.

I have a WDTV Live+ in the Master Bedroom, a WDTV Live in the Family Room, and a WDTV Live in the kids’ room.

 

I have seen in MDLIVE a screen with .com on it, cannot find that anymore and what does the .com ? Can I search for a site then ?I don’t understand this question.

 

There was a screen, and on the bottum there where a few things, included right a line with .com. But Tony, when it’s too much work, leave it. Then I have many questions about Pc’s :wink:

 

If you want a slideshow to start every time you turn the WDTV Live on, then put your Photos in the ROOT of the attached HD, and turn AUTOPLAY ON.

 

I have no HD in the WDTV Live, only on my PC. Is then this possible ? And where is the ROOT and AUTOPLAY ON ?

I only see, shuffle, shuffle all, random. normal.

 

My PC have just set 12 Updates from MCS about sharing MediaPlayer and Netwerk, this sad, If I set it up with a Admin.

acoount is would be saver, but I am the only one on the PC and when I set a Admin, maybe WDTV Live does not work

anymore.

 

 

I have a WDTV Live+ in the Master Bedroom, a WDTV Live in the Family Room, and a WDTV Live in the kids’ room.

 

Okay, very good Tony. So all the Family have fun with it too :wink: I did not know there was a + also. I will look what that is. Thanks again for all your efforts ! Take Care and Greetings from Holland