Cant access a DFS share from a Windows 7 computer

I am having DFS share access issues with a Windows 7 workstation.
My setup is I have 6 windows 7 stations accessing this DFS Share.
All computers have the same Administrator password and another User/Password
All but 1 are working as they should.
The DFS share is running under Server 2008 R2 and contains files from this and another server.
From the workstation, I can see the server under Network.
I can open it and see the individually shared volumes and I have full read/write permissions.
I can see the DFS share and I can map it.
If I try to open the shared volumes within the DFS file I get a message saying I dont have permission.
Interestingly, when I look at the properties of the DFS share form the workstation, I dont see a DFS tab.
If I do this from a workstation is is able to connect fully to the share, I see a DFS tab in the properties.
I tried to include everything,
Thanks in advance

Hi,
Please try hotfix in the following KB,and check the result.
You cannot access a DFS share through a mapped network drive on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983620/en-us
Some steps for troubleshooting DFS you can try
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962144.aspx
How to troubleshoot Distributed File System Namespace access failures in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975440/en-us
use command dfsutil /pktinfo to test the access to the DFS root and connectivity to the root shares
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/06/04/the-case-of-the-random-dfs-access-denial.aspx
Regarding to the missing dfs tab, there's a policy, locate to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer\remove dfs tab, then users can not view or change the properties of the dfs shares
Yolanda Zhu
TechNet Community Support

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