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# SMB Browser FAQ

# Windows 7

Windows 7 automatically starts up with "Public" network, which disables all
shares; so you need to enable network shares first.

Note that Windows 7 Sharing Options include "password-protected" sharing and
"no-password" sharing.  This can be very misleading, because in reality
whatever option you choose, you will still need to have valid Windows 7
credentials (win7-username and password) to connect to the share. The
difference between the two options is in browsing results, as we will see.

So to create a share for a folder make sure to assign a win7-username to the
folder permission (note: not the share permission, it's the folder permission).

Now start SMB Browser to browse for shares. With Windows 7 "no-password"
sharing (password-protected off), SMB Browser will find the share, ask for
win7-username and password, and report the browsing results in a window, ready
to create the local folder icon when you press OK. Before you do, change
"vers=1.0" to "vers=2.1" in the MountOptions column (right-click to edit the
cell) otherwise the share will not connect when you click its local folder
icon.

With Windows 7 "password-protected" sharing on, SMB Browser will not find the
share in the first place, unless the correct username/password is given in the
very first prompt. If the correct username/password is given, then everything
proceeds normally as before (you still need to change "vers=1.0" to "vers=2.1"
in column MountOptions).

