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Cannot connect to a shared network drive

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Mar 15, 2026323589 views
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I am using windows 7, I cannot connect to a shared network drive on another machine. I can ping the machine. I can remote desktop connect to the machine. The machine is on the same subnet My friend with the exact same laptop as me (and on the same network, same workgroup) can connect to the shared …

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Fix for: Cannot connect to a shared network drive

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Right finally this to work. Firstly, I am putting down everything here I tried that didn't work as it might also be of use to someone. If you have the same problem as I described here, you should do everything here. In Control Panel \ Network and In…

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