WD MYBOOK LIVE - Unable to access "Public" share by browsing from Windows Explorer: A solution

My Problem: While trying to browse my Public share over the local network with windows explorer (the standard file browser) I was presented with a dialog box asking for a user name and password. None of the configured username and password combinations worked. My Solution: I found a tutorial at the following link, http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live/GUIDE-Fix-Dashboard-Errors-3xxxx/m-p/513954 which instructed on how to perform a factory restore without losing data. I was reluctant to try this because I was still afraid of being at risk of losing my data. Looking around, I found a script called setSharePublic.sh which allowed me to reset the status of my 'Public' share to public. I ran the script and it worked without a loss of data. I can now browse to my public share over the network with Windows Explorer. I followed the referenced tutorial all the way through step 4. The new step 5 is as follows: 5) Now at the MyBookLive:~# prompt you are going to type
/usr/local/sbin/setSharePublic.sh Public And I abondoned all further steps. I was able to browse on in without waiting or rebooting. It might be useful to note, though I am not sure if it is of any consequence, that my computer is on workgroup HOME and my WD MY BOOK LIVE is on the same workgroup. 

Hello and welcome to the WD community.
Thanks for sharing this with the community hopefully this helps other users with similar problems solve it as well.

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    Thanks - he's on 10.4.6 (probably should upgrade to 10.4.11), server is 10.4 os x server

    If you can access the site through www.megaproxy.com/freesurf/ or a similiar web proxy service, then Verizon is giving you access.   The Web Host probably has an out of date filter.
    He can either add your subnet to his network, or you can simply turn off your modem for four hours (there is a lease time on the ip address that doesn't expire for 4 hours) and then turn it back on.   I usually tell folks to do this at night when they go to bed.   Basically just unplug the modem and don't plug it back in until the morning.
    OR if you want it right away, you can try chat support or Call Verizon, and don't bother telling them your problem AT ALL.  just ask for tech support and ask if they can release your IP Address, or break the dhcp lease.
    you should have your modem powered off when they do that, and don't plug it back in for AT LEAST 3 to 5 minutes before plugging it back in. 
    If you plug it in immediately, then you run the risk of that IP address coming right back to you, but if you give it a few minutes, it will most likely go back into the dhcp pool and get assigned to someone else, and you will be in perfect shape to get a new ip address.

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