jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Oct 29 13:10:29 CDT 2011
>The home versions of Windows seem to have all sorts of unexpected limitations on networking and sharing, which is why I always run the Professional versions. I hear ya and I would love to. As it happens I got 3 copies of the home version for $150. I have two HTPC machines and three laptops which I am upgrading to Windows 7. To put the pro version on all of those would be a tad expensive, and they don't really need it. John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 10/29/2011 1:55 PM, Charlotte Foust wrote: > I don't know the answer, John, but it may be the version. The home > versions of Windows seem to have all sorts of unexpected limitations on > networking and sharing, which is why I always run the Professional versions. > > Charlotte Foust > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:22 PM, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote: > >> :) >> >> Actually I am not sure where the problem lies. I am trying to see all the >> machines on my network. This is a workgroup and everyone except my UnRaid >> Linux server (Tower) belong to the same workgroup. >> >> 1) In my 2008R2 server (Hyper-V server) I see 12 machines if you ignore >> the tsclient. This includes Tower and three VMs. >> >> 2) In Azul (Windows 2008) I see 12 machines - same as 1 above. >> >> 3) In my new Windows 7 Home premium I see 7 machines. Missing are Azul >> (Windows 2008), both HTPC machines (also Windows 7), one of my VMs (Windows >> 2003) and both windows xp machines. >> >> 4) In a Windows 7 Professional VM I see 7 machines. Missing are the >> Windows 7 HTPCs and the two XP machines. >> >> I found something (very crude) that would find every IP address on the >> network and from my new laptop everything does show up, and I can ping >> everything but everything does not show in the network map. Another PFM >> thing going on here. >> >> If I know the computer name I can remote desktop in to all of them (except >> the Windows 7 home machines of course) so everything is definitely out >> there, just not visible. that kinda sucks because I often share and push >> files around to machines based on the shares. >> >> That just made me wonder if the machines that are missing might not have >> any shares or something. But why do both Server 2008 machines (on opposite >> physical ends of the network) see every single machine on the network, but >> the Windows 7 Home laptop plugged into the same switch as the Hyper-v >> Server 2008 machine only show 7 machines? >> >> Sing it, with gusto..,. >> >> This is the stuff, >> That drives me crazy... >> >> -- >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> >> Reality is what refuses to go away >> when you do not believe in it >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/accessd<http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd> >> >> >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.**com<http://www.databaseadvisors.com> >> >> >>