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  • ratdude747
    Black Sheep
    • Nov 2008
    • 17136
    • USA

    #1

    Windows 7 Networking Woes

    Preface: I'm posting it here since it seems to be more of a software issue than a networking hardware issue. Also, a rant to start:

    Right now I'm in windows 7 repair hell with my wife's laptop... It still has the crappy stock dell image of 7 home premium... which I cannot reimage because she "HAS" to have microshaft office 2007 which was either pre-installed or more likely installed by her dad... I use libreoffice, so I don't have a copy of such.

    Anyway, I've mostly fixed the POS, a beat to hell lame ass inspiron with an i3 and 3GB of RAM... I'd like to shelf the turd and give her my ASUS x83v + a new battery (which is one generation older but tons faster) but noooo I can't do that.

    Anyway, now that I've cleaned five tons of horseshit off it (malware and the like), I've almost gotten it to the point of running OK (given the meager hardware) but there is one issue that I can't seem to nail down. For some reason I can't get it to see anything on the network other than itself and one of my workstations; I'd like to map the shared folder on the home file server to a network drive and then access a printer connected to the server like I've done on everything else in the house.

    I've disabled homegroup, re-enabled network discovery, correctly set the workgroup (which isn't "WORKGROUP" or "MSHOME")... but all it sees is itself and a workstation on the network. Manually using the "//address" trick in the address bar didn't work either.

    I'm sure it's the laptop and not the server, as every other unit in the house seems to talk to the server just fine.

    Suggestions (I repeat, she won't let me re-install windows or replace the turd)?
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  • SteveNielsen
    Retired Tech
    • Jun 2012
    • 2327
    • USA

    #2
    Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

    Sounds like messed up network protocols to me. Perhaps malware caused. Check the status of installed protocols for Windows Networking and uninstall/reinstall.

    Also Windows File Sharing.

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    • goontron
      5000!
      • Dec 2011
      • 4108
      • US

      #3
      Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

      use jellybean to get the 2007 key then wipe and reinstall.

      I know how you feel on the network drive mount part of it..... i wasnt aware that "smbmount" was deprecated by "mount.cifs". i just learned that. my reaction was: "really!!! now i have to go relearn the syntax and how to debug the goddamned thing?!?!? for fuck sakes!"
      Last edited by goontron; 06-16-2015, 11:28 AM.
      Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....

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      • Mad_Professor
        A Mech Warrior
        • Feb 2011
        • 1587

        #4
        Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

        Firewall?

        check services.msc for Server, Workstation, TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, and Background Intelligent Transfer Service are started and running.

        Also it's backslash not forward slash. \\fileserver

        It's not wise to map a drive with all this ransom-ware running around.
        Last edited by Mad_Professor; 06-16-2015, 11:53 AM.

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        • ddscentral
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2008
          • 151
          • Lithuania, EU

          #5
          Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

          I usually don't bother cleaning messed up Windows installations and just reinstall instead.

          Malware and Junkware can mess up the system badly and sometimes cleaning existing Windows installation may be next to impossible or too time consuming.

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          • seanc
            Badcaps Legend
            • Nov 2008
            • 1319

            #6
            Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

            Open an admin command prompt and reset the network stacks with the following 2 commands:

            netsh int ip reset

            netsh winsock reset (I think) might need to be:
            netsh winsock reset resetlog.txt

            Check what Madprofessor says.
            He's right, it is backward slash, try and map using IP address.
            Use the map network drive option in Computer and specify the right credentials too.
            Has she had any Blackberry software installed?

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            • stj
              Great Sage 齊天大聖
              • Dec 2009
              • 30963
              • Albion

              #7
              Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

              care to expand on the "Blackberry" bit?

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              • diif
                Badcaps Legend
                • Feb 2014
                • 6978
                • England

                #8
                Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                I'd take the i3 over the Asus. Buy her an SSD if you want to speed the thing up.

                Have you run sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt ?
                Clearing malware is easy it's repairing the damage they do that is tricky.

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                • ratdude747
                  Black Sheep
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 17136
                  • USA

                  #9
                  Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                  First, the whole reason I CAN'T reinstall windows is the f*cking MS office install she HAS to have. Otherwise, I'd wipe it and be done. It already has SLIC for 7 so I'd just throw on ultimate. But NOOO that won't work... she's addicted to sucking bill gates soft(ware) dick when it comes to word processing.

                  SSDs are presently out of budget, at least in the size needed for her ripped movie collection she also "MUST" have. The POS has an i3 and only 3gb of ram (IIRC running 64 bit 7 home premium.

                  I'll look into it more. Agreed that the services could be fucked. For some reason I remember home premium giving hell about this in the past (I generally use 7 ultimate + SLIC mod or use one of my 3 upgrade keys).

                  MP- I've been mapping network drives for years at the house (me + my parents) and never had an issue... the wifi is WPA2 protected so that shouldn't be an issue.
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                  • Sweet & Spicy
                    Techie's Wife
                    • Apr 2013
                    • 281
                    • United States

                    #10
                    Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                    (this is ratdude posting from her account, as I didn't want to dick up her chrome settings and am too lazy to add another account on this POS laptop or grab another laptop)

                    Now it is seeing another desktop too... but still no server. I tried the backslashes, no bueno. I can however talk to the server via PuTTY without issues.

                    I tried to uninstall and reinstall the windows networking client... but when I went to re-install, all the clients and services (and all but one of the protocols) are GONE from the install menu (only option is the "have disk" button). WTF?

                    I wanna baseball bat this POS so bad right now... the joys of married life...

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                    • SteveNielsen
                      Retired Tech
                      • Jun 2012
                      • 2327
                      • USA

                      #11
                      Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                      Understood. So what is needed is to repair the existing Windows installation. Period. It is very tedious but it is within the realm of possibilities. You have to somehow find and replace corrupted system files. You have to find and remove all registry keys referencing malware associated files and processes.

                      Look into HijackThis
                      http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/

                      Doing the sfc /scannow is good idea too, but it often won't catch everything.

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                      • RJARRRPCGP
                        Badcaps Legend
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 6304
                        • USA

                        #12
                        Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                        You may be required to reinstall Service Pack 1 and all Windows hotfixes!

                        If you replace files the crude way.

                        If any files are replaced with pre-SP files, definitely required to reinstall SP1!
                        Last edited by RJARRRPCGP; 06-17-2015, 10:29 AM.
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                        • goontron
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                          • Dec 2011
                          • 4108
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                          #13
                          Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                          why not grab the office key with a keyfinder then wipe, reinstall, and reinstall office?
                          Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....

                          "Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me

                          Excuse me while i do something dangerous


                          You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.

                          Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore

                          Follow the white rabbit.

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                          • ratdude747
                            Black Sheep
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 17136
                            • USA

                            #14
                            Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                            ^I may look into that...
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                            • stj
                              Great Sage 齊天大聖
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 30963
                              • Albion

                              #15
                              Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                              does office run in wine?

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                              • goontron
                                5000!
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 4108
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                                #16
                                Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                                Originally posted by stj
                                does office run in wine?
                                2k7 yes, 2k10, partly.
                                Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....

                                "Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me

                                Excuse me while i do something dangerous


                                You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.

                                Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore

                                Follow the white rabbit.

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                                • Topcat
                                  The Boss Stooge
                                  • Oct 2003
                                  • 16956
                                  • United States

                                  #17
                                  Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                                  Originally posted by ddscentral
                                  I usually don't bother cleaning messed up Windows installations and just reinstall instead.

                                  Malware and Junkware can mess up the system badly and sometimes cleaning existing Windows installation may be next to impossible or too time consuming.
                                  This. I refuse to remove shitware (malware, spyware, junkware, etcware)....if someone wants a machine cleaned off, it gets wiped.
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                                  • diif
                                    Badcaps Legend
                                    • Feb 2014
                                    • 6978
                                    • England

                                    #18
                                    Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                                    It depends on the malware ad to whether I wipe or clean machines. A Samsung Evo 128Gb or even 240GB is not that expensive. Put the hardruve in an external caddy for the films
                                    magic Jellybean will recover the key for Windows and Office.
                                    You could reinstall Windows and Office and check everything works. The HDD in the caddy can then have everything wiped apart from the films.

                                    8GB of DDR3 and an ssd. That laptop will fly, its the malware that's making it slow.

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                                    • seanc
                                      Badcaps Legend
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 1319

                                      #19
                                      Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                                      Originally posted by stj
                                      care to expand on the "Blackberry" bit?
                                      I have a particular set of users give me laptops which are able to do everything except map network drives or connect to windows server resources. No malware at play.

                                      I've not been able to work out what it is that they install to break them, but I know they often load Blackberry software, so I'm just trying to work out a link

                                      I tend to notice Netbios over TCP/IP being disabled.
                                      RD if you do an ipconfig /all, what's the status of Netbios over TCP/IP?
                                      Last edited by seanc; 06-17-2015, 05:41 PM.

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                                      • stj
                                        Great Sage 齊天大聖
                                        • Dec 2009
                                        • 30963
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                                        #20
                                        Re: Windows 7 Networking Woes

                                        the blackberry desktop thing is huge and tries to integrate the fone with the desktop.
                                        maybe it inserts some type of hook to re-route the drive mapping through the usb.

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