cannot access network at the office

[Grewman]

Hi, just bought my new laptop into the office, and it is plugged into the office network... I can access the net using IE or ForeFox, and access my emails thru them too, but when I try to access the server, and any files on there, i get nothing...Pressing "windows & E" only brings up my DVD drive and hard drive GRRRRR

Any ideas,

I have called our IT guy, and basically, his comment was ..."thats why we stick to xp" ...grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Any help would be appreciated, and I should be able to convince the IT guy to help out alittle if I try.

Thanks,

Mark.

[MrJinje]

Can you map directly to the share ?

net use Z: \\server\share /user:domain\username password

Or is File Sharing disabled ?

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings

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Is the computer a member of the domain and/or are you logging into with domain user account. Or are you just using your local account created during installation ?

Edited January 12, 2010 by MrJinje

[Grewman]

will look tomorrow when I get back to the office...

Thanks,

Mark.

[Tripredacus]

We're also going to need to know what version of Windows 7 you have.

[Grewman]

Running WIndows 7 Home Premium, on a HP Pavillion dv6 notebook.

I basically bought the laptop 2 days ago, and have taken it to the office and plugged in the network cable, with my old laptop, all was ok, but that was running Vista..If i remember correctly, that was all I had to do.

I think W7 is a little more complex this time lol

Thanks.

Edited January 12, 2010 by Grewman

[cluberti]

Can you tell us what you need access to (either how you got to it in Vista or XP), and what you've tried on Win7? Win7 Home Premium doesn't have access to joining a domain, but it should be able to access domain resources depending on what type. It won't necessarily be as easy as it would be in Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise though, obviously, as those have windows domains support.

[Grewman]

If i am using an office computer, all i do is go to "My Computer" then i can access "Office Locl on Menzwolsvr01" (O:)

If i can get to this flder, i can then browse and access my files that I need.

There are 2 network drives listed on the office computer...the other one is labelled with my name eeg : joe smith on "menzwolsvr01\users$ (H:)

If i try using my laptop,

all i get are my dvd drive and own hard drive insude my laptop machine.

on my laptop, if i go to network sharing centre, and near the top where it shows my connection to the internet...and i double click on the centre part, i can see about 70 computers there...but if i double click on them, they are not accessible

error code 0x80070035...the path was not found.

Doesn this help at all???

The other thing i need to do is print to one of our large machines here at the office.

thanks,

Mark.

Edited February 3, 2010 by Grewman

[MrJinje]

I'll assume you already enabled file-sharing as described in Post #2. What happens when you try to map your drive.

net use H: \\menzwolsvr01\users$ /user:DOMAIN\JoeSmth password

Did a google search for your error code, one of the possible solutions was disabling the Norton 360 Firewall that some laptops have. Best bet is to uninstall/disable every bloatware, firewall, or security related app until you are able to connect. (assuming you already enabled file-sharing)

Sidebar: What do they pay your IT guy for, it's been three weeks and you are still not up and running. Tell him or your boss you are unable to do your work until someone manages to map your network drives for you.

Edited February 3, 2010 by MrJinje