I just purchased the WD Live and had issues getting it to use the Windows 7 streaming to work. (would give error messages like, “No media found in folder”), or simply just not connect at all. I also seemed to have random ‘share access’ problems as well, sometimes asking for passwords when I had it set on the homework to not have passwords for shares.
Countless web searches directed toward reg hacks, specific homegroup settings, reboots, etc., I still didnt’ get streaming to work right. After many hours i finally submitted to doing a fresh install of Windows 7, which it did work right out of the box. (that is, Windows streaming and file sharing w/o any fails). I then added software back on and periodically tested to see when , (or if), it would break. (i thougth i could have just had a bunk install to start with). Anwyways, once I instaled AVG v. 9, (the free version) steaming stopped working. - after i uninstalled it, streaming began to work again. (i’m yet to re-install it and figure out what part of AVG broke it or what exceptions I need to put in)
I have not figured out how to “Fix” it so it does work with AVG, but I wanted to post this to maybe help someone out in case they were also pulling out there hair to get the streaming to work properly. If I get the fix, i’ll post it.
I’ve seen other posts of folks not getting streaming to work and perhaps it’s their virusscanning software.
System Specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
AVG Free Edition version 9
