Networking Problems: Windows 7 and Tiger

Windows continues to suck.
I am trying to network a new Dell with Windows 7 to 10.4 and 10.5 Macs. It's trouble as always. For the Tiger machines, the Windows machine recognizes the computer and drives, but many of the files and folders are missing, including a large important one. There is no obvious way for it to refresh or update.
On the 10.4 machines on the network, the Windows machine recognizes the user folder, but none of the drives containing any of my files.
Besides throwing it out the window, any suggestions?

try a different USB cable and USB ports
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Last edited by dt (2009-11-07 09:02:46)

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