[dba-Tech] Win 7 Prof network puzzle

On 3/12/2012 12:15 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Peter:
>
> That is interesting. I think Windows7 of XP protocols between each other are
> not 100 percent compatible but if you use a statement that uses the absolute
> IP address you should have no problem.

But IPs are assigned dynamically, so when a machine disappears from the 
network for a day or three, and others reboot, we're screwed.

>
> I do not have or traditionally work with networks that are domain type which
> means everything is centrally controlled through the Active Directory and
> the policies setup. Other than that I connect to the servers and station via
> Remote desktop protocol RDP.

That meets some needs, not ours. We have one *Nix box, five Win boxes 
and two tablets. Together they support a biz, a professional practice, a 
set of web development environments & projects, a music server, and two 
authors, such that most machines need access to the innards of many 
others. If Microsoft designers don't approve of such a requirement, they 
can go screw.

>
> But you can connect avoiding forcing the network to resolve the UNC by
> keying in the IP address: \\192.168.134.100\MyShare. (That is assuming that
> the Windows7 computer is 192.168.134.100) If you then have a user, other
> than the administrator, you will be able to connect, entering the
> appropriate username and password.

Thanks for the suggestion, but see above.

Windows 7 gives us yet more Microsoft (in)security fixes for their daft 
mutually interpenetrating bloatware architecture. Ugh.

PB

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>
> HTH
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 12:04 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Win 7 Prof network puzzle
>
> Mebbe I should ask the question this way:
>
> Has*anybody* succeeded is accessing a Win 7 Pro hard drive from an XP
> Pro machine? If yes, how'd you do it?
>
> PB
>
>
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