The icon you are talking about is for shared media, etc. Sounds like the Windows 7 machines options for sharing media (in Vista, this option is controlled from within Media Player > Library > Sharing or something like that). That is all well and good, but that is really a function of allowing the two media players and/or centers talking to each other freely and sharing media. It doesn't do anything for your in regards to accessing explicit network shares via Windows Exporer.
Have you tried turning off the Windows 7 firewall to see if you can connect then? You may need to put in some rules to allow the Vista box to connect. What have you defined the network connection as: home/work/public? The firewall settings will be different depending on that choice. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: A bit OT: home networking quirk Greetings! I bought a new laptop that came with Win7 Home Premium. My destkop box is Vista Home Premium. I decided to "connect" them... The Win7 box "sees" the Vista shares (and the printer) just fine. The Vista box apparently sees the Win7 box as some sort of media. When I try to open the Win7 share from Vista, it insists on opening in Media Player. ("Open with..." is not an option. It also has some strange little icon which, to my surgically altered eyes, looks like a little strip of movie film. The local Vista file and folder icons in the network view show as file and folder icons and not "media" icons.) As far as grabbing bookmarks, etc, from the Vista machine, I can do that from the Win7 end. Any ideas as to why things are screwy at the Vista end? (That it is Vista Home Premium is a possible explanation.) Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org <http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
