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Shared folders gone? New media servers

For no apparent reason My WDlive can only find 1 of the multiple drives I have shared. It was working beautifully however apparently it can only find one drive now. I am guessing its a windows 7 problem as I have been using WD for years without an issue

If anyone can recommend me a media server (not ps3 media server as in my opinion it **bleep**) I would be grateful.
Or if you have had the dispersing drive issue let me know.
I have also tried to share folders and had no luck.

If you are using Windows 7, it has a new ‘feature’ called Homegroups. Homegroups is not compatible with the WD device and needs to be turned off. One of the easiest ways to do this is to set your Window 7 computer to ‘Work’ mode (yours might be set to Public or Home Network). Setting it to Work mode automatically disables Homegroups.

Once I did that, my Network shares worked properly with Windows 7.

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