I apologise if this duplicates previous posts, but I've scoured the internet for a solution and haven't found one.
We've been using a mixed network of Windows and Mac in a small design agency for five years.
When the Windows machines were on XP and the server was on Snow Leopard things worked without issue. Since updating the Mac Mini Server to Mavericks/Yosemite, and the PCs to Windows 7 there has been nothing but problems for the last few years.
Recently the Windows 7 (home basic version) were connecting just fine to the Mavericks server and then suddenly stopped connecting last week for no apparent reason - no settings were manually changed at least. We updated to Yosemite server thinking this might solve the issue, and the connection still will not work. Shortcuts that have been in place for years on the Windows 7 machines are now coming up as having invalid paths.
The Windows machines can't see the server on the network, HOWEVER the PC that is being used for finance admin CAN access the bookkeeping files hosted on the server using the bookkeeping software, so some aspect of filesharing/access is working.
The Mac Server can see all computers on the network.
Any advice gratefully received.
Richard
We've been using a mixed network of Windows and Mac in a small design agency for five years.
When the Windows machines were on XP and the server was on Snow Leopard things worked without issue. Since updating the Mac Mini Server to Mavericks/Yosemite, and the PCs to Windows 7 there has been nothing but problems for the last few years.
Recently the Windows 7 (home basic version) were connecting just fine to the Mavericks server and then suddenly stopped connecting last week for no apparent reason - no settings were manually changed at least. We updated to Yosemite server thinking this might solve the issue, and the connection still will not work. Shortcuts that have been in place for years on the Windows 7 machines are now coming up as having invalid paths.
The Windows machines can't see the server on the network, HOWEVER the PC that is being used for finance admin CAN access the bookkeeping files hosted on the server using the bookkeeping software, so some aspect of filesharing/access is working.
The Mac Server can see all computers on the network.
Any advice gratefully received.
Richard