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Step by Step Network Shares / Share / Sharing for Windows 8?

I followed the Win 7 youtube video that is awesome, but I can’t get it to work for Win 8.

Somebody must have a step by step.

Does WD provide support for this? I really need to get it figured out ASAP. Thanks!

Check if the steps from the link below help. 

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3787

After much troubleshooting of this issue myself,  I finally got the network shares operational on windows 8. 

Follow all the same steps as windows 7, sharing settings etc.

Now here is the part that made no sense but made it work,  I changed my work group name on my pc and my device to WORKGROUP1  and it could then see the network share.

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