On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed Samba on my Centos 6.4 computer. Smbstatus says my > version is 3.6.9-151.el6-4.1. > > My smb.conf file only has a [global] and [homes] section. > > My configuration works, as expected, from a Win7 Virtual Box computer > and a Win8 Virtual Box computer. I can see the share from the Windows > file explorer and can map the share to a network drive. The Samba server > is not virtual. > > The problem is my wife's Win7 laptop which is running some sort of home > edition of Win7. I did everything I could in control panel to enable > file sharing but I still can't see the Samba share. I can ping the > computer running Samba? I tried to launch "gpedit.msc" but this program > was not there. > > Do you think it would work if I upgraded Samba to the latest version > 4.1? Should I consider upgrading to Win7 professional? I have a Windows machine that says "Windows7 Home Premium". There is no problem seeing / accessing Samba shares from there. Samba is 3.x. Akemi