Sorry - last bit of info. i shared random folders on the local C: drive and everyone one showed up on wd live.
c:/code
c:/Users/share/Videos
And then i tried sharing a folder WITHIN the external drive connected to my PC (instead of just the whole drive) so
w:/Movies
And this one does NOT show up. In the Computer Management Window, w:/movies shows up exactly as c:/code above, all the sharing properties are the same.
So unless I somehow changed some other security setting on windows 8, this seems to be a bug with the wdlive as everything is setup as it should be according to standard “sharing” procedures.
