hello, I m having the same problem with samba 2.0.7, it does not connect with windows 7 ultimate. I tried all the posibilities mentioned by you but still haven't got through. Here is my smb.conf # Samba config file created using SWAT # from frbnotebook (192.168.152.90) # Date: 2005/07/12 16:02:07 # Global parameters [global] netbios name = MACHINE103 security = SHARE guest account = root [all] comment = all files on this computer path = / read only = No guest ok = Yes So please try to figure my problem ... Thanks, Maulik.