Networking with window 7 computer

Cannot get my MAcBook Pro to see another laptop running windows 7. That computer can see and access my computer. How do I add him to my network? My computer can see another machine which we have that runs XP.

Hello leetle. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
In order for the MacBook to "see" the Windows 7 laptop, that laptop needs to be configured to share. Similar to WinXP, you can configure the Win7 laptop for sharing.
Basic steps to configure Win7 for network sharing:
o Start > Computer > Select the folder or drive you want to share > Right-click the Select Properties
o Right-click on this folder or drive, and then, select Properties > Sharing tab > Share
o Choose who to share the folder or drive with, and then, Click on Share.

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I was having a similar problem with XP. Fortunately I'm fairly windows literate so reading between the lines for the windows side was not a problem. Thanks so much for posting this link. I still have several minor issues but i'm up and running. My PC does not show up under shared but shows in network in finder. I can only log on to the PC as guest as it does not recognise my password for some reason although I've double checked the password for the PC in keychain.
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That got me thinking. Are you just connecting via the Finder? Maybe try setting up Autofs. I used it with sshfs all the time. Unfortunately, I know little about SMB.
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Hi Sig,
The issue is that i only want the shared folders to be accessed through windows 7.
Whats the point otherwise to have shared folders?
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You can cut and paste the question you posted here and ask about networking with Windows servers. You will get more and better responses from more mac experts.
You should have no problems. The key word being "should". The reality is that frequent changes to X security and the Windows environment may break the ease with which you can network. Don't worry about reading and writing to a disk that has been formatted diffently. Mac and windows machines are frequently interfacing with drives formatted in foreign formats with no problem. The network should handle the differences.
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The good thing about the new mac laptops is that you can also install Windows and if any problems persist you can switch to Windows while resolving any mac issues. It really is pretty tough to claim that macs can't exist in pc land any more. Before you may have had to resort to virtual pc (with it's issues) but now you can just reboot into Windows. You should not have to but it is there if needed. I see no reason to not get the mac.

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Thanks for your replies. I found a solution to my problem and it was indeed fixed by changing settings on the XP. It was related to sharing from a NTFS filesystem.
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If found this article Q304040 on the microsoft knowledge base :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040/en-us
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Hello Everybody,
I have a new MacBook Pro Running Mac OS X 10.6.2 and cannot see any of my windows computers on the network, I can use the connect to server option but it is annoying to have to keep using that method.
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