Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows shares

If you got this error when you were accessing your Windows share by click on the connecting machine on your file browser, you may want to try to use the direct path instead, i.e. smb://machine name/shared path

Apparently there is a bug in gvfs which causes this issue.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1179576/ubuntu-18-04-problem-to-connect-to-windows-10-smb-share

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1179576/ubuntu-18-04-problem-to-connect-to-windows-10-smb-share

Windows 7 Share Not showing up

I have recently reinstalled Windows 7 on a machine, and for some unknown reason, the shared folder I setup on it fails to show in network browsing, both on my Linux machine and on another Windows machine.  This has puzzled as I can't see anything wrong in my setup.

At the end, I managed to put it back on the map by using this command:

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off

I don't know how this differs from having firewall off ... which was off.

Anyway, guess off isn't quite off in Microsoft terms ...

I found my solution in this forum:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/windows-7-share-not-visible-to-linux-or-mac-os-x/940ca57e-0072-4ae2-beec-ec814a3ceebe

If you are like me who has a stuborn machine whole shows up in your network.  It may worth to give the solution suggest a go.